Business Litigation, Family Businesses, Business Ownership

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

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/7/2025

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

The Little Buy-Sell That Could

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 2/3/2025

With apologies to the pseudonymous children’s book author Watty Piper, this is the story of a humble buy-sell provision in a family-owned LLC’s operating agreement that temporarily ran out of steam in the lower court, only to...more

Three Strikes You’re Out: Sebrow Revisited

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/27/2022

A year and a half ago, we blogged about a decision in which Bronx County Supreme Court Justice Llinet M. Rosado ruled that a shareholder’s alleged stock transfer through a bequest in his last will and testament was...more

Winter Case Notes: Tax Estoppel (Not) to the Rescue and Other Decisions of Interest

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 2/7/2022

The New York Times yesterday published an article entitled Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room discussing persons suffering from “climate anxiety.” As a northeasterner, the frigid, snow-blessed, ground-freezing winter...more

The Doctrine of Tax Estoppel in Ownership Status Disputes

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 10/11/2021

Ownership status in a closely-held business is the first and most vital box almost every business divorce petitioner must check....more

Disputes Over Member Status Continue to Roil the LLC Waters

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/14/2020

I don’t know if empirical studies have been done comparing the relative frequency or ratio of disputes and litigation over member status in LLCs versus shareholder status in close corporations. My impression as an avid...more