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California Business Divorce: California Court Recognizes LLC Member Lists as Trade Secrets in Recent Ruling

California Court Recognizes LLC Member Lists as Trade Secrets in Recent Ruling - When an LLC member suspects the company is playing favorites with redemption requests, how much access should they have to the membership rolls...more

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Accessing Privileged Documents in Illinois Ownership Disputes

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Business divorces are often messy. The reasons for business divorces vary – personality-driven disputes, disagreements over business direction, or timing and distribution of earnings. Whatever the reason, when controlling...more

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Winter Case Notes: Murder, Forgery, Accidental Death, Oppression, Oh My!

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Welcome to this year’s Winter Case Notes where, amidst the arctic blast currently sweeping most of the nation, I offer shortish takes on several court decisions in recent business divorce cases. This year’s edition...more

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Proceed with Caution: Strategy Considerations Before Making a Books and Records Demand

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The books and records demand often is the opening act in business divorce litigation. The relatively low burden that an owner must meet in order to obtain access to a company’s books and records, and the availability of an...more

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Summer Shorts: Equitable Contribution, Stock Redemption, and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

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Welcome to the 13th annual edition of Summer Shorts. This year’s edition features brief commentary on five recent decisions by New York courts in a variety of business divorce cases involving equitable contribution among...more

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The Nutmeg State Out Front on Member Inspection Rights Under RULLCA

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For the second time in two years, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ventured into uncharted waters of LLC governance under the Revised Uniform LLC Act which, to date, has been adopted by 22 states and awaits legislative...more

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The Money’s There But Out of Reach for the Minority LLC Member

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Of late I’ve been ruminating on New York’s membership in the shrinking pool of states that don’t recognize oppression of an LLC minority member by the controlling members or managers as ground for judicial dissolution....more

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LLC Member’s Petition to Dissolve Boxing Club Dealt First Round KO

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In the end, it wasn’t much of a fight. The case of Huggins v Scott, decided last month by Justice W. Franc Perry of the Manhattan Supreme Court, illustrates anew the well-nigh insurmountable hurdle faced by a minority...more

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Winter Case Notes: Oppression of the “Gifted” Minority Shareholder and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

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Notwithstanding we’ve had no more than a dusting of snow thus far in my downstate New York neck of the woods, welcome to another edition of Winter Case Notes in which I visit my backlog of recent court decisions of interest...more

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Equitable Accounting vs. Access to Books and Records: Don’t Confuse Them

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Raise your hand if you think that a lawsuit for an accounting by the managers of an LLC simply means they have to turn over financial records. ...more

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Accounting Unchained: Is the Closely Held Business Owner’s Right to an Accounting Absolute?

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Let’s face it. In business divorce, the accounting cause of action doesn’t get a lot of love. It’s not as sexy as the torts (conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, waste, etc). It lacks the oomph of judicial dissolution....more

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Inspection Rights, Oral Operating Agreements, and Other Pop-Diva Delights

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Over the last several years, the books-and-records proceeding and its corresponding shareholder rights of inspection seem to have entered a bit of renaissance period in the courts. ...more

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