Shareholders, Family Businesses, Business Divorce

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

Can a Shareholder Suing Derivatively Face Countersuit Individually?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/7/2023

That was the interesting, infrequently-litigated question addressed in a recent decision by Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Melissa A. Crane. Simon v FrancInvest, S.A. (2023 NY Slip Op 32422[U] [Sup Ct, NY County...more

Summer Shorts: Business Divorce Cases From Across the Country

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/30/2021

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

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

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 9/14/2020

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

IP Disputes Among Private Business Co-Owners Dominate Three Recent Cases

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 12/3/2018

Last month gave us three noteworthy post-trial decisions in three different cases from three different states, all centering on disputes among business co-owners over the ownership and exploitation of the businesses’s core...more

You Sued for Dissolution, They Elected to Buy You Out, What Else Do You Want?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/18/2018

Article 11 of the Business Corporation Law features multiple provisions giving judges broad authority and discretion to impose interim remedies designed to preserve corporate assets and otherwise to protect the petitioning...more