Silence is Not Golden When it Comes to Ignoring Your Business Partner's Written Communications
When it comes to business partnership disputes, ignoring a letter of termination from your partner can have dire consequences. One recently decided New Jersey Appellate Division case serves as the example. One partner receives a formal notice of breach and fails to to respond. No email, no letter, no “we dispute this,” no attempt to work anything out. On its face, that sounds almost too small to end a business. In a published decision, the New Jersey Appellate Division held that the partner's failure to respond satisfied the "not reasonably practical test" required to dissolve a partnership. AC Ocean Walk v. Blue Ocean Waters, A-2312-22 (N.J. App. Div. May 28, 2024).
