You and two friends opened a Hell's Kitchen restaurant group in 2019. You put in $300,000, signed the lease in your own name, and ran the front of house for three years. Last week your partners sent you a letter declaring that the operating agreement gives them the right to remove you "for cause" — and that your buyout will be calculated at book value, which they've conveniently pegged at $42,000. You stop breathing for a minute. Can they actually do this? Probably not the wa