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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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Must a Professional Corporation Redeem the Shares of its Retired Shareholders?

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I previously wrote that one of the most difficult periods in the lifecycle of a closely held business is the period following the death of an owner, due to the tension between the remaining owners wishing to continue the...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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