Is it the egos? The profits? The risk? The stress? The often poorly-done contracts? Some combination of all of the above? Hard to say, but real estate owners, law partners, and restaurateurs account for an oversized share of New York business divorce litigation.
This week, we’ll focus once again on business divorce among restaurateurs, an endless source of consumption on the blog (read some recent stories here, here, and here).
This one happens to have been all over the news: the business meltdown between acclaimed chef César Ramirez (“César”) and Moneer ‘Moe’ Issa (“Moe”), co-owners of the then-Three-Star Michelin Award restaurant Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare.
In 2023, fierce litigation erupted between Moe, César, and César’s wife, Adriana Rodriguez (“Adriana”), yielding an appellate decision two months ago partially affirming and partially modifying dismissal of several of Moe’s counterclaims against César.
