The Family Business Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Your Business from Legal Planning to Business Strategies By Frederick D. Lipman Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 304 pp., $65
In the family business realm, few circumstances are as heartbreaking as an intrafamily lawsuit. In his new book, Frederick Lipman, a Philadelphia-based partner in the law firm of Blank Rome, identifies potential breeding grounds for legal strife and proposes ways to prevent this tragic fate. (Full disclosure: I will be moderating a Blank Rome program featuring Lipman in October.)