Professional service corporations are “interesting” and “strange creatures”, says Justice Ira B. Warshawsky in a recent decision rejecting a claim for statutory buyout in a suit brought by a terminated partner in a law firm organized as a professional corporation. Get the story in this week’s New York Business Divorce.

Continue Reading Terminated Member of Professional Corporation is Not Entitled to Statutory Stock Redemption

When company co-owners fight, “Duck for cover!” may be the best advice for the company’s outside accountant. In this week’s New York Business Divorce, read about a CPA firm that got caught in the crossfire of a dissolution contest and ended up having to defend itself against allegations of improper partisanship.

Continue Reading Certified Partisan Accountant? Court Allows LLC Member’s Suit Against Company’s CPA, Alleging Improper Assistance to Other Member in Judicial Dissolution Proceeding

Justice Ira Warshawsky of Nassau County Supreme Court’s Commercial Division has issued a “BIG” decision (as in discount for Built-In Gains tax) in a stock valuation arising out of a dissolution proceeding brought by minority shareholders claiming oppression. Read about it in this week’s New York Business Divorce.

Continue Reading Court Discounts Fair Value Award for Built-In Gains Tax in Shareholder Oppression Case