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Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Accepting PE Investments May Create Unforeseen Problems for Private Company Majority Owners

As private companies grow, they need to secure capital to support their efforts to provide more (and/or better) products and services to their clients. The need for emerging companies to obtain growth capital often leads the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

On Camera: My Recent Video Interview on, What Else, Business Divorce (Part One)

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I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sandra Schulte at the media production studios of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network located near the Javits Center. Sandra, whom I met at a CLE program where I was a...more

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How Boilerplate Agreement Advancement Clauses Can Transform Ownership Disputes

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Indemnification and advancement clauses are often seen as mere boilerplate language in a company’s governing documents, routinely copied from one form agreement to another. However, advancement clauses may be important...more

Nossaman LLP

Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership

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In this episode, Kimberly Kamkar is joined by corporate law partners Patrick Richard, Anna Tang and Doug Schwartz to explore the complexities of business "break-ups." They discuss essential practices for future planning, the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Top 10 Business Divorce Cases of 2023

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Some years are easier than others to select the most significant business divorce cases. In this, the 16th year I’ve published this top-10 list, the task is made especially difficult by a veritable flood of court decisions...more

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The Demanding Demand Requirement in Shareholder Derivative Actions

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Business divorce cases more often than not include claims against the controlling owners for diversion or waste of company assets,  usurpation of corporate opportunity, taking excessive compensation and the like. The party...more

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Scaling an Even Higher Bar: Texas Law Raises the Stakes for Private Company Shareholders in Pursuing Derivative Claims

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A look back at Business Divorce developments during Texas 2018 reflects a continuing negative trend for private company shareholders who have claims for misconduct against the company’s control group (e.g., majority owners,...more

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