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    November 30, 2021
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    New Jersey Shareholder Oppression: Mismanagement
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    November 23, 2020
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    September 29, 2020
    What to Do When Your Business Partner Keeps Freezing You Out of COVID Zoom Meetings
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    June 30, 2020
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    June 3, 2020
    Majority Shareholder Threats May Backfire
    April 30, 2020
    Don’t Let Your Business Partner Use the COVID-19 Pandemic to Hide Misconduct
    March 27, 2020
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    March 10, 2020
    In an Oppression Case, Think Strategically and Don’t File Motions You Know You Can’t Win
    February 25, 2020
    Hidden Competition: A Common Form of Oppression
    February 18, 2020
    Mediation Can Be an Especially Effective Tool in Business Divorce Litigation
    February 11, 2020
    As a Minority Shareholder, Can I Quit and Still Sue for a Business Divorce?
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    January 13, 2020
    Potential Alternatives to Shareholder Dispute Litigation in Your Business Divorce
    November 7, 2019
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    Minority Business Owners Are Not Always Bound by an Operating or Shareholder Agreement
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    August 14, 2019
    Don’t Let Ego – Yours or Your Attorney’s – Get in The Way of a Settlement
    June 11, 2019
    Bad Faith Is Not Necessary for a Business Divorce
    March 18, 2019
    Minority Shareholders Don’t Always Have a Right to Information
    February 15, 2019
    Kicking a Member Out of an LLC – Dissociation Under the New Jersey LLC Statute
    November 29, 2018
    New Case Addresses Termination of Employment as Shareholder Oppression
    October 25, 2018
    Is Secretly Recording Your Business Partner Ever a Good Idea in New Jersey?
    October 4, 2018
    Prosecutors Are Rarely Interested in Business “Theft” Cases
    April 9, 2018
    What Happens When Equal Shares Does Not Mean Equal Power?
    February 22, 2018
    Business Owner Rights: What Every Shareholder Should Know
    January 30, 2018
    Shareholder Pay – Need it Always be Equal When Ownership is Equal?
    May 23, 2017
    Minority Shareholder Oppression Damages in New Jersey: More Than Just a Buyout?
    March 6, 2017
    If You Lose A Minority Shareholder Oppression Lawsuit, Things Will Likely Get Worse – So Do It Right
    February 13, 2017
    Termination of Employment as Minority Shareholder Oppression
    October 10, 2016
    Court-Appointed “Tiebreakers” In a 50/50 Ownership Setting
    February 18, 2016
    New Jersey Courts Recognize Equitable Ownership In Cases Where Full Ownership May Be Difficult To Prove
    October 21, 2015
    Protection of the Minority Oppression Statute Is Not Waivable
    February 18, 2015
    LLC Members Have Equal Rights as Corporate Shareholders When It Comes To Minority Owner Oppression
    January 26, 2015
    Are Dividends A Mask For Financial Fraud?
    December 16, 2014
    Can A Shareholder Compete With That Company After Employment Termination?
    October 14, 2014
    Shareholder Oppression Remedies Are No Substitute for Control
    August 14, 2014
    Creative Ways to Contractually Minimize the Chances of Shareholder Dispute Litigation
    April 14, 2014
    Pros & Cons of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Shareholder Dispute Litigation
    March 26, 2014
    Unnecessary Capital Call as Means of Dilution Can Be Shareholder Oppression
    November 20, 2013
    Termination of LLC Member Employee Could Soon Be Considered “Oppression”
    August 27, 2013
    Discovering Fraud By Your Business Partner: Act Now or Forever Hold Your Peace?
    March 15, 2013
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    January 21, 2013
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    December 18, 2012
    Listen to the Little Voice Telling You Your Business Partner is Treating You Unfairly and Seek Advice Sooner Rather Than Later
    July 26, 2012
    Injunctions in Shareholder Dispute Litigation
    May 25, 2012
    I Want to Be a Buyer, Not a Seller, Part 2
    May 1, 2012
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    March 27, 2012
    New Case Reaffirms the Difference Between Corporations and LLC’s When It Comes to Rights of Minority Owners
    October 11, 2011
    An Oppression Case Can Get You More Than Just Monetary Damages
    October 11, 2010
    Minority Shareholders Frozen-Out
    May 25, 2010
    Majority Shareholder Abuses Could Harm The Minority Shareholders In More Ways Than One
    February 12, 2010
    May a Shareholder Compete After He is Fired as an Employee?
    November 24, 2009
    Suing a Family Member Is Never Easy
    September 9, 2009
    Excess Compensation as Oppression
    May 19, 2009
    The Special Situation of “Passive” Shareholders
    September 2, 2008
    Employment Termination As Oppression
    December 4, 2007
    Fifty Percent Shareholders Have Rights Too
    April 8, 2007
    Minority Shareholder Rights

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