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In Farro v. Schochet, the Second Department recently held that §1002 of the NY LLC Law restricted a dissenting member’s remedy to an appraisal for the fair value of his interest in the business after a freeze-out merger.[1] Thus, the Court reduced the legal remedies for a minority LLC member that lacked protections in the operating agreement against the merger. Background on Freeze-out Mergers and Appraisal Remedy A freeze-out merger typically involves controlling member(s) forcing minority member(s) out of a business by (1) creating a new business where the minority member(s) do not have a stake and then (2) using their controlling stake in the original business to merge it into the new business to freeze-out the minority member(s). ....