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Splitting the Pie Fairly: Using Creativity to Achieve a Successful Business Divorce

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Throwing the baby out with the bath water is a pithy expression that suggests exercising caution when business partners in private companies are seeking to achieve a business divorce. The majority owner and the departing...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

And the Award for Most Creative Attempt to Evade a Book Value Buy-Sell Provision Goes To . . .

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“Under any standard of value, the true economic value of a business enterprise will equal the company’s accounting book value only by coincidence . . .” says the late business valuation expert and author Shannon Pratt.  So...more

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The Importance of a Buy-Sell Agreement for Business Owners

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If you are the owner of a business that does not have a buy-sell agreement in place, or you have not reviewed your buy-sell agreement recently, it may be time to sit down with your attorney. Buy-sell agreements can be complex...more

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The Worst of Both Worlds: Untimely Buyout Election Yields Full Merits Hearing and Huge Bond

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Nine months ago, we wrote about a 20% shareholder, Alvin Clayton Fernandes, whose bare bones petition Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Frank P. Nervo found stated sufficient grounds to judicially dissolve a seemingly...more

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Dueling Dissolution Petitions Beget Dissolution Without Consideration of Alternate Remedies

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This blog frequently covers cases considering a shareholder’s request to dissolve a corporation under New York’s oppression-based corporate dissolution statute, BCL 1104-a.  That statute allows a shareholder to petition for...more

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Summer Shorts: Business Divorce Cases From Across the Country

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Welcome to this 11th annual edition of Summer Shorts! This year’s edition features brief commentary on half a dozen business divorce cases of interest from across the country. ...more

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Business Divorce Nation: A Cross-Country Tour of Recent Decisions of Interest

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There’s tremendous diversity from state-to-state when it comes to statutory and judge-made law in business divorce cases. The basic fact patterns one sees in cases from across the country, however, don’t vary nearly as much....more

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Lessons From a Trio of Dysfunctional Buy-Sell Agreements

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Three recent court decisions from three different states — New York, Pennsylvania, and Alabama — add to the rogue’s gallery of valuation cases stemming from poorly conceived and/or poorly implemented buy-sell agreements among...more

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