Every so often a case comes along that reads less like a business dispute and more like a cautionary tale about the perils arising out of unwritten deals among friends. As we’ve written about before, these cases can be
Farrell Fritz is excited to host the 2026 Mentoring Committee Program kick-off event, organized by NYSBA’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, next week on April 21, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at Farrell Fritz’s New York City office (622 3rd Avenue,
As I have written in the past, and repeat here, the statutes and judge-made law governing disputes among co-owners of closely held entities can vary significantly from state to state. Depending on the state, there also can be much in common,
Three states, three LLC disputes, three appellate rulings. Who could ask for more?
In 2024, the New York Legislature enacted Real Property Law (“RPL”) § 424, which codified New York’s public policy in favor of transfer-on-death deeds that provide for real property to pass to beneficiaries named therein upon property owners’ deaths (
This one hurts to write about (from a trial lawyer’s perspective). Imagine this:
This one hurts to write about (from a trial lawyer’s perspective). Imagine this:
Some NYBD posts have staying power. Of the hundreds of posts on this site, my practice brings me back, over and over again, to a handful of familiar favorites. This 2018 post from Peter Mahler is one to which I
When an LLC operating agreement permits action upon majority consent, can a minority member nonetheless challenge that action as a breach of the majority’s fiduciary duties? The Fourth Department weighs in.
Is it the egos? The profits? The risk? The stress? The often poorly-done contracts? Some combination of all of the above? Hard to say, but real estate owners, law partners, and restaurateurs account for an oversized share of New York
