Business Litigation, Contract Disputes, Membership Interest

For Embattled Bich Family, “Full Membership” Requires Admittance Without Precondition

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/18/2025

We’ve recently written on a number of disputes arising out of posthumous transfers of corporate ownership interests, particularly where the transfer documents in question (often times, an estate planning device, e.g., a will...more

Court Cancels Capital Call For Want of a Postage Stamp

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 9/20/2021

Who says email is more efficient and cheaper than regular mail? - Not the manager of the McGuire family real estate business after winning a lower court ruling only to see it reversed on appeal last month in a decision...more

Determining Membership in an LLC: sometimes it’s not as easy as it should be

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP on 6/24/2020

LLC membership interests are usually straightforward and can determined by simply reviewing the LLC’s operating agreement. The operating agreement typically lists the members. Sometimes the operating agreement will impose...more

The Curious Case of the Expelled LLC Member Bound by Operating Agreement He Never Signed

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 2/4/2020

The case of Shapiro v Ettenson ranks as one of the more consequential ones in the realm of New York’s LLC jurisprudence....more

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

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 12/9/2019

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

LLC Survives Member’s Death. Dissolution Petition Doesn’t.

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/18/2019

In 2018, two members of a realty holding LLC sought judicial dissolution based on the death of one of the other members. The operating agreement defines a member’s death as an event of “Dissociation.”...more