"Person And Its Affiliates" - Can "And" Be A Disjunctive Conjunction?

Yesterday, I wrote about New York Judge Marcy Friedman's opinion in Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. v Overland Storage, Inc., 2017 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3878, 2017 NY Slip Op 32125 (Oct. 10, 2017). The case involved a contract provision requiring a...

New York Judge Considers Meaning Of "Voting Power" In California Contract

Chapter 1 of the California General Corporation Law includes a large number of definitions, beginning with "Acknowledged" (Section 149) and ending with "Written, in writing" (Section 195). It is easy to gloss over these terms as the balance of the...

How To Win Custody Of A Corporation

In family law, the fights are often over who gets custody of the kids, the pets and the house. Shareholders battle over many things, but you don't often hear of custody fights in the corporate context. Is it even possible to win custody of a...

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