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Business Disputes Judicial Dissolution Limited Liability Company (LLC)

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Did Chancery Court Just Crack Open the Door to Equitable Dissolution of LLCs?

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Delaware Chancery Court’s contractarian approach to all things LLC, embedded statutorily in Section 18-1101(b) of the Delaware LLC Act (“It is the policy of this chapter to give the maximum effect to the principle of freedom...more

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It Takes More Than a Litigation Tsunami Between Hostile Members to Obtain Judicial Dissolution of a Realty-Holding LLC

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Count ’em: At the time A sued B for judicial dissolution of one of their several jointly owned companies, there are not one, not two, not three, but eight pending lawsuits between the two 50/50 business partners who first...more

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Parallel Business and Matrimonial Divorce Proceedings

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Parallel business divorce proceedings in the same or different courts alleging overlapping or duplicative claims are common. When it occurs, judges must often determine whether to dispose of one so the other may proceed...more

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Top 10 Business Divorce Cases of 2023

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Some years are easier than others to select the most significant business divorce cases. In this, the 16th year I’ve published this top-10 list, the task is made especially difficult by a veritable flood of court decisions...more

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New York LLC Caselaw’s Greatest Hits

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I recently had the privilege of speaking to an audience of judges of the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division at Fordham Law School’s Eileen Bransten Institute on Complex Commercial Litigation. Naturally, the topic was...more

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Take the Business Divorce Pop Quiz!

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It’s been many years since our last pop quiz for all you business divorce aficionados. Time for another. See how many you get right before you read the answers...more

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Waiving Judicial Dissolution in Pennsylvania: Not Happening, But That May Be Okay.

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When two or more people become owners of a limited liability company and embody their relationship in an operating agreement, they usually see sunshine and rainbows in their future. They have an idea, they have a corporate...more

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Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing

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In Pennsylvania, Manufactured Deadlocks are Unlikely to Trigger Judicial Dissolution - In disputes among the owners of a closely held company, involuntary judicial dissolution is the nuclear option....more

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And a Time to Every Purpose Under . . . the Operating Agreement?

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It’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that King Solomon prophesied the standard for judicial dissolution of LLCs, but there it is: under New York’s judicially construed standard for involuntary dissolution under Section 702 of...more

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Can a Statutory Buyout be Dodged by Dismissal?

The statutory right to judicial dissolution in California comes with a hook — the defendants can avoid dissolution by exercising a “buyout” procedure.  This is true in both LLCs (Corporations Code section 17703.03) and...more

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Disguised Agreements and Dissolution

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Appearances can be deceiving. - That, essentially, was the argument made in two recently decided cases involving claims for judicial dissolution. ...more

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Delaware Declines Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Judicial Dissolution of Foreign Entities

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It’s not surprising that Vice Chancellor Zurn’s recent, first-impression decision in In re Coinmint, LLC, aligning itself with rulings in many other states including New York, found that Delaware courts lack subject matter...more

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Holes in Shotgun Buy-Sell Agreement Keep Deadlock Dissolution Petition Alive

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Under both New York and Delaware law, members of an LLC may petition for judicial dissolution on the grounds that the management is so hopelessly deadlocked that the LLC can no longer function in accordance with its purpose...more

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Turmoil Follows Involuntary Transfers of LLC Membership Interests

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LLC enabling legislation swept the country in the late 1980s through the mid 1990s. By the turn of the century we saw a trickle of litigation working its way through the courts involving disputes among LLC co-owners. A decade...more

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Episode 5: Business Divorce, Delaware Style

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The Chancery Court of Delaware is considered by many to be the most influential U.S. court when it comes to business law, mostly due to that state's dominant role as the preferred state of incorporation of publicly held...more

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