Shareholder dispute litigation is often called business divorce litigation. So, if you are involved in such a fight, you need a business divorce attorney to help guide you through the interpersonal, or inter-family, aspects of your case as well as the legal ones. » Read More

In business divorce litigation, as in many other types of cases, parties sometimes make admissions that you wish you had on tape. Because of this, sometimes surreptitiously recording a conversation with your business partner is the best way to prove certain things. » Read More

Having a business partner whom you trust implicitly is a true gift. If you have such a relationship, count yourself among the lucky. Most business owners reading this blog, unfortunately, are having some sort of issue with their business partner(s), usually an acute conflict, often an existential one. » Read More

Mediation can be a very effective way to avoid substantial legal fees and costs in any litigation, but this settlement tool can be especially effective in business divorce litigation.

Mediation in Civil Litigation

When parties battle it out in typical civil litigation, there are often two things being decided by a court (or, sometimes, a jury) – liability and damages. » Read More

A common approach for oppressed minority shareholders seeking to prepare themselves for business divorce litigation is to start taking affirmative action to build a case.

In fact, I tell clients to do this all the time, but only with careful guidance. » Read More

The truth about business divorce litigation in New Jersey is that most of them result in some sort of buyout.  An entire (expensive) litigation often takes place over related and critical issues, such as who will be the buyer and who will sell; valuation issues, including (sometimes) the valuation date; and the equalization of money (such as when one side has paid itself too much).  » Read More

No matter how many times I write about disputes between business partners, and how many times clients tell me their horror stories, I remain amazed by the ease with which some major business divorces could have been avoided.  Most of the time, when a shareholder dispute could have been averted, it is because one of the parties just needed to listen to the other.  » Read More

One of the most common reasons for a minority shareholder to file “business divorce litigation” is because that minority owner feels left out, pushed out, squeezed out – simply not part of the process in any significant way.  Quite often, the minority owner is pushed out for a reason that is not entirely unjustified.  » Read More

David C. Roberts, a Member with Norris McLaughlin, P.A., is pleased to present a seminar for all business owners that will answer many of the questions, both known and unknown, a shareholder would have, such as:

• What, exactly, is “shareholder oppression?”