NJ Business Owner Rights Blog

It is quite common for shareholders, members of a limited liability company, or partners in a partnership, to include non-compete and non-solicitation provisions in the parties’ underlying operating, shareholder or partnership agreement. In most of the cases we deal...

In several shareholder disputes we have handled, the other side has attempted to argue that a shareholder agreement executed years prior by the shareholders, had fallen into disfavor and was not typically followed, such that it had become “unenforceable” because it...

Shareholder oppression takes many forms. Also, oppression can be difficult to address especially when co-shareholders are foreign entities who are not easily sued in the American courts. Recently, I led a team who secured a substantial award from the American...

Can my lawyer represent me and my LLC?  Simply put, no a lawyer cannot represent both the LLC and individual members in a shareholder dispute where there is a history of the lawyer representing the LLC and looking out for the interests of the members in the past, and...

In my prior blogs, I have addressed the importance of having an operating agreement for any business owner. Most importantly, for those operating as a limited liability company. I have also covered legislative changes in New Jersey with the adoption of the Revised...

I’ve been in the unenviable situation of taking over a shareholder dispute where the client has been bogged down in litigation and has become frustrated with her counsel. It can be the case at times that majority members of an LLC or corporation freeze out a minority...

Members of any New Jersey company that operates as a LLC need to fully understand the 2012 Revised LLC Act. This New Jersey LLC law applies to all LLCs, whenever formed. The Act improved and filled gaps in prior New Jersey law. Likewise, the Revised LLC Act updated...

With over twenty years of experience dealing with New Jersey business divorce, I wish clients would contact me when they first thought about a business break-up. Too often, partners, co-members or fellow shareholders forego legal advice and instead try to "make a...