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Hendershot Cowart P.C.

How to Buy Out Your LLC Partner in Texas: The Complete Legal Guide

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Problems with a partner? You’re not alone. Our law firm routinely fields calls from business owners seeking to remove a partner who is inactive, engaging in unethical or illegal behavior, or otherwise disrupting operations....more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Mediation vs. Litigation: Resolving Restaurant Ownership Disputes

In the fast-paced and high-stakes world of restaurant ownership, conflicts among business partners can arise from financial disagreements, operational decisions, or differing visions for the restaurant’s future. When disputes...more

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Texas LLCs, Corporations: Act Now to Secure New Business Protections from 2025 Legislative Reforms

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Major changes to Texas Business Organizations Code enacted during this summer’s legislative session provide unprecedented protection for management decisions and business disputes – but only if you amend your governing...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

A New York Partnership?

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In determining whether parties are, in fact, in a partnership depends on the conduct of the parties. Titles, labels, and disclaimers are often meaningless. Consider this scenario: In a New York City bar, two successful...more

IR Global

Accountants Advising on Ownership Structure

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An Accountant based in Atlanta, Georgia provided valuable advice to a new Client who was starting a kitchen design business with a business partner....more

Robson & Robson, P.C.

When a co-shareholder purchases the debt obligations of the company without partners' knowledge

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I spend a lot of my time representing business owners in disputes with their business partners. As part of that job, I have an opportunity to see the variety of ways in which one business owner tries to rip off another...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I’ll Cry if I Want To – But Taking Steps to Avoid Tears Is a Better Strategy for Private Company Business Partners

In recent years, the headlines have tracked the news of high-profile breakups among business partners in private companies. These business partner fallouts include: - 2023: Sam Altman was ousted as Open AI CEO (for...more

JAMS

Avoiding Business Blunders: Tips for Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

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Business disputes can be disruptive and very expensive. Whether choosing a new partner, considering a merger or guiding a client as they start or grow a business, there are many things you can do to prevent problems. As a...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

California Business Divorce: The Power of LLC Members to Ratify Past Actions Despite Defective Meeting Notices

Here’s What Happened This dispute arose from the operations of 409 North Camden, LLC, which owns a two-story office building in Beverly Hills. The property's history dates back to 1963, when six friends purchased it as...more

BCLP

No Minority Discount for Quasi-Partnerships

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In Gibbins v Tierney [2024] EWHC 2004 (Ch), the High Court reaffirmed the principles that apply when deciding whether there has been unfair prejudice, within the meaning of section 994 of the Companies Act 2006, in a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Recent Appellate Rulings Address Novel Issues in General Partnership Disputes

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The era of the old-fashioned general partnership long ago petered out, largely displaced by subchapter S corporations and, in the last few decades, limited liability companies, both of which allow pass-through taxation...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Gift Horse with Rotten Teeth: When Equity Bequests Violate Transfer Restrictions or Buy-Sell Agreements

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How often do hopeful beneficiaries of a last will and testament expect to receive what they think will be a valuable bequest of a business interest, only to find their joy turn to despair when they discover the bequest...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

My Partner Just Sued Me: Strategies Majority Owners Should Consider in Defending Claims Filed by Private Company Investors

Conflicts between co-owners in private companies are common, but the vast majority are worked out through dialogue and negotiation. When these internal conflicts cannot be resolved, however, minority investors may file suit...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Special Considerations for Law Firm Breakups

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Just a few weeks ago, I commented on a recent uptick in disputes centered on the breakup of professional services firms. In those disputes, we expect that the demands of the legal, accounting, and medical professions draw...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I Need to Sue My Longtime Business Partner(s): What Pitfalls Should I Consider Before Filing Suit

As a business trial lawyer representing private company owners and investors in business divorce disputes and civil litigation for many years, my experience teaches that business partners should approach litigation with...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Lifeline for the Stale “Schedule A”

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One need not peruse the pages of this blog for long to learn that its authors strongly advise against entering into an owners’ agreement that calls on the members to “annually” (or worse, “regularly”) update a critical aspect...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Til Death Do Us Part? Corporate Divorce Can Be Messy, But Not for the Prepared

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While no one enters a partnership expecting it to end in divorce, no one is immune to failure. In the world of business, partnerships can sometimes mirror the complexities of personal relationships. Often, it is the “we’ve...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Clash of Valuation Visions: Appraisal Proceeding Over Manhattan Eyeglass Shop Goes the Distance

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The authors of this blog have a special affinity for fair value appraisal proceedings.  The narrow hearings—where the sole issue before the court is the fair value of an owner’s interest in a business—require attorneys and...more

Roetzel & Andress

Physician Partnership Agreements: Setting Yourself Up for Success

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This week on the #HealthLawHotSpot, host Ericka Adler is joined by fellow Roetzel healthcare attorney Christina Kuta, for a unique discussion on physician relationships within partnerships and practices. Ericka and Christina...more

Allen Matkins

Gain Without Regard To Profits Does Not A Partnership Make

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It does not take much to create a partnership under California's Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, which defines a partnership as "the association of two or more persons to carry on as coowners a business for profit forms a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Recent Decisions Enforce LLC Member’s Right of First Refusal, Restrict Partnership Accounting, and Allow Damages Claim for Breach...

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Someday, perhaps, I’ll find the comedic inspiration to come up with a joke that begins, “An LLC, a partnership, and a close corporation walk into a bar . . ..” Until then, I’ll have to satisfy myself with writing about an...more

Robson & Robson, P.C.

PA. Superior Court Channels Spider-Man: Rules That In Business Partnerships, Great Power Comes With Great Responsibility...

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Business partnerships are built on the trust and loyalty of their participants. Without mutual coordination and honesty among all involved, tensions will inevitably arise that could derail a partnership’s success. The...more

Payne & Fears

Partnership Betrayals: Breaches of Fiduciary Duty

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Part Three of a Series Payne & Fears’ Business Litigation Group helps businesses and their owners with wide-ranging disputes. In our practice, we’ve noticed that in disputes among business partners there are common issues...more

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Going Rogue: Navigating a Business Through Fraud or Unethical Conduct by a Co-Owner

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Part Two of a Series - Payne & Fears’ Business Litigation Group helps businesses and their owners with wide-ranging disputes. In our practice, we’ve noticed that in disputes among business partners there are common issues...more

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Court Held That Those In Control Of A Limited Liability Company May Owe Fiduciary Duties To The Company And Its Members

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​​​​​​​In In re Mijares, a plaintiff claimed that a defendant defrauded him and breached fiduciary duties owed to him by charging improper, excessive, and unauthorized expenses to their medical practice, causing the...more

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