• posted: Feb. 29, 2024
• Todd McMurtry
• Business Law
• business divorce,  buy-sell agreement

Like a prenuptial agreement in a marriage, a buy-sell agreement is a crucial tool for preventing a messy and potentially disastrous business divorce. This goes beyond disputes over division of Read More

• posted: Oct. 30, 2023
• Todd McMurtry
• Business Law
• business divorce,  small business

A business divorce occurs when one or more of the company’s owners or partners leave or is forced out by those with a controlling interest. It can happen for myriad Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2023
• Todd McMurtry
• business divorce,  market capitalization,  discretionary earnings

Dividing property is one of the most important and potentially contentious aspects of business partners falling out and going their separate ways. A business divorce requires that the company be Read More

• posted: Oct. 30, 2022
• Todd McMurtry
• Business Law
• business divorce

Dissolving a business or ousting one or more of its owners can be catastrophic. In some ways, a business breakup is akin to a married couple divorcing. People who once Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2022
• Todd McMurtry
• Business Law
• business divorce,  commercial mediator,  equal shares,  small business owners

Nobody enters into a commercial venture anticipating that the enterprise will fail. Nevertheless, small and start-up businesses are particularly susceptible to dissolution or drastic changes in ownership. Relationships sour, peoples’ Read More