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A Tardy Plaintiff’s Best Friend: The Open Repudiation Doctrine

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Pre-answer motions to dismiss for untimeliness are exceptionally common in business divorce litigation. Statute of limitations analysis can be deceptively simple in theory, but elusively difficult in practice, even for...more

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A Lesson In Drafting Capital Call Provisions

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Those of us who follow the Delaware Chancery Court’s output are regularly treated to lengthy, detailed, finely crafted opinions sometimes in excess of 100 pages. Opinions of that length from our New York state court judges...more

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Exiting Member of LLC May Still Owe Fiduciary Duties

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In Villareal v. Saenz, two co-owners of a limited liability company sued each other regarding conduct surrounding a business divorce. 5-20-CV-00571-OLG-RBF, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94183 (W.D. Tex. May 18, 2021). After the...more

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Business Divorce: Exiting Member of LLC May Still Owe Fiduciary Duties

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In Villareal v. Saenz, two co-owners of a limited liability company sued each other regarding conduct surrounding a business divorce. 5-20-CV-00571-OLG-RBF, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94183 (W.D. Tex. May 18, 2021)....more

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How Not to Start a Corporate Dissolution Proceeding

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Strict procedural rules apply to corporate dissolution proceedings in New York, a difficult truth learned the hard way by a five-time rejected, would-be dissolution petitioner in a recent decision by Bronx County Supreme...more

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Third Time’s Not a Charm in LLC Dissolution Case

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As it approaches its sixth anniversary with little sign of letting up, the highly contentious litigation between brothers and business partners NIssim and Avraham Kassab is the gift that keeps on giving, at least to us...more

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Does This Decision Put the Brakes on Non-Unanimous Amendments to Operating Agreements?

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Much digital ink has been spilled on this blog and elsewhere (Tom Rutledge’s terrific article can be read) concerning the ability of LLC controllers to adopt or amend an operating agreement without the consent of all members....more

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Dead Men Tell No Tales of Shareholder Buy-Outs Gone Sour

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When three gentlemen in their mid-eighties, one of whom is in a nursing home with failing health and onset dementia, are the key players in a disputed shareholder buy-out transaction, what are the odds they’ll all be around...more

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