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#MeToo and Business Divorce: The Flip Side

By Franklin C. McRoberts on November 29, 2021

Posted in Corporate Governance, Delaware, Derivative Actions, Grounds for Dissolution

In this week’s New York Business Divorce, read about a recent appeals court decision in which an elderly male business founder alleged he was ousted from the company and his reputation smeared based upon false allegations of sexual harassment allegedly solicited by a hostile male CEO. Do these allegations equate to a viable claim for breach of fiduciary duty against the CEO? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
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Minority Shareholder Oppression in the #MeToo Era

By Peter A. Mahler on January 28, 2019

Posted in Compulsory Buyout, Grounds for Dissolution, Professional Corporations

You won’t want to miss this week’s New York Business Divorce featuring a recent decision in which the court found minority shareholder oppression based on “disrespectful and unfairly disproportionate treatment of a female shareholder by the male majority in a closely held corporation.”…
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