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Retirement of Working Owners of Closely Held Business Entities: What’s Your Plan?

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It’s a fact that the great majority of multi-owner, closely held business entities are run by working owners. In many if not most instances the working owners realize the financial benefits of ownership primarily in the form...more

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Growing Your Closely Held Business Through Acquisition: Making the Winning Bid

Successful business owners know one tried-and-true method to grow and scale is through acquisition. In today’s competitive and complex marketplace, the competition is fierce for businesses with a proven track record and the...more

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Supreme Court Decision in Connelly v. US: Implications for Family-Owned Businesses

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Connelly v. United States will require closely-held business owners to reconsider their current buy-sell arrangement in order to avoid additional federal estate...more

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Business Divorce and Restrictive Covenants

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Closely-held business owner breakups often defy easy categorization. What seem at first blush to be traditional business divorce cases sometimes end up treading far into other legal practice areas. Other disputes blur...more

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Warning: If You Want Legal Fee Advancement or Indemnification, You May Need to Amend Your Partnership, Shareholder, or Operating...

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The universe works in mysterious ways. Four days ago, when I sat down to write this article, my plan was to feature a decision from Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Andrea J. Masley denying dismissal of a closely-held...more

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Anti-Dissolution Provisions and Public Policy

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In Congel v Malfitano, New York’s highest court wrote that business partners are free to include in partnership contracts practically “any agreement they wish,” including about “the means by which a partnership will dissolve,...more

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Too Little, Too Late: Court Sides with Ousted Member, but Denies Preliminary Injunction Undoing Termination

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We often cover preliminary injunctions on the pages of this blog because they are a powerful tool in the business divorce litigator’s toolbox: they force court action early in the case, they can protect rights that are...more

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Shareholder Agreements Are Very Powerful In Texas: Parties Should Carefully Review Those Agreements Before Obtaining Stock In A...

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The owners of a corporation may enter into shareholder agreements that address and resolve many disputes. For example, the Texas Supreme Court noted: “Shareholders of closely-held corporations may address and resolve such...more

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Shareholder Agreements Are Very Powerful In Texas: Parties Should Carefully Review Those Agreements Before Obtaining Stock In A...

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The owners of a corporation may enter into shareholder agreements. In Richie, the Texas Supreme Court stated: “Shareholders of closely-held corporations may address and resolve such difficulties by entering into shareholder...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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Who Decides Disputed Valuation Under LLC Agreement’s Buy-Out Provision: Arbitrator or Appraiser?

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It’s not unusual to find buy-out provisions in shareholder and operating agreements that commit the pricing of the buy-out to the “final and binding” determination of one or more appraisers. The same agreements also may...more

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How to Resolve Competing Estate Plans of an LLC Owner with a Double Life

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Corporate shareholder and LLC operating agreements routinely contain provisions addressing the transfer of equity interests upon the death of an owner of a closely-held business. Such provisions are vital for succession...more

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Do You Need to Do Business with Your Co-Owner’s Children? It Depends on the Language of Your Agreements.

Owners of closely-held businesses, including family-owned companies, often agree to restrict the owners’ ability to later transfer their ownership interests to third parties. Such restrictions prevent one owner from selling...more

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Announcing Must-Have Treatise on Business Divorce Litigation

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There’s little doubt in my mind that “business divorce” has achieved name recognition as a distinct subgenre of commercial litigation whose regular practitioners, by dint of experience dealing in and out of court with the...more

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