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Foreign Corporations Filing Actions In California May Be Required To Post Bonds When Domestic Corporations Are Not

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Under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, a defendant may at any time apply to the court by noticed motion for an order requiring the plaintiff to file an undertaking to secure an award of costs and...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

LLC Operating Agreements: Indemnity, Arbitration, and Equity

LLC operating agreements frequently provide for indemnity to the LLC’s manager. This is consistent with the statutory default rule embodied by California Corporations Code section 17704.08(a), which provides for indemnity...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Explains Standards of Review for Receiver Determinations and Shifts Fees and Expenses in Dissolution

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In re Dissolution of Jeffco Management, LLC, C.A. No. 2018-0027-PAF (Del. Ch. Aug. 16, 2021) - When the Court of Chancery appoints a receiver to effectuate a company’s dissolution, certain determinations are subject to de...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

A Dissolved LLC Can Still Recover Attorney Fees

An LLC Jungle post from last year addressed the issue of whether derivative claims can be pursued for a dissolved LLC.  See: Can Derivative Claims be Pursued for a Dissolved or Cancelled LLC?  The short answer is “yes.”...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Alter Ego Claims — Beware Attorney Fee Liability

One of the essential purposes of forming an entity and conducting business through that entity is to limit the owners’ personal liability. California law generally views the entity and its owners as separate and legally...more

Roetzel & Andress

Roetzel & Andress: 2020 Appellate Year In Review

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The Appellate Law Practice Group of Roetzel & Andress represented clients in a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Florida Real Property And Business Litigation Report, Volume 14, Issue 2

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Black Knight Servicing Technologies, LLC v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Case No. 1D20-1492 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021). The filing of a separate lawsuit raising separate claims against a separate entity does not establish an...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Fee Sharing in LLC Derivative Suits: A Common Law Right and a One Way Street

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BCL 626 governs shareholder derivative actions, or suits brought by individual shareholders on behalf of, and for injury to, the corporation. Subsection (e) provides that if the plaintiff—the individual shareholder asserting...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Family Trusts and LLC Membership

LLC members often hold their membership interests in a family trust.  The benefits of trusts are well known — they generally allow assets to be easily transferred after death without the time, hassle, and expense of court...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Penal Code Remedies for LLC Misappropriation?

Can the sledgehammer remedies of California Penal Code section 496 — treble (triple) damages and attorney fees — apply for misappropriation of an LLC’s property? The California Supreme Court is set to answer that question...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Courts Split Over Application of Penal Code to Claims of LLC Misappropriation

Almost one year ago, in Switzer v. Wood, California’s Fifth Appellate District held that an LLC manager or member participating in the theft of the LLC’s property could face liability under Penal Code section 496 — a statute...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Can the Criminal Law Concept of “Receiving Stolen Property” Apply to LLC Disputes?

In the LLC Jungle, allegations of “misappropriation” are common.  LLC members and managers sometimes improperly divert the LLC’s funds and property for their own personal use.  That bad behavior usually leads to claims of...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Why LLC Managers Should Take Member “Books and Records” Requests Seriously

Under California’s Revised Limited Liability Company Act (“RULLCA”), LLC participants have substantial freedom to structure their relationship in a customized manner under their governing operating agreement.  But one of the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Further Examines Case Involving Advisor’s Effort to Avoid Paying a Promissory Note

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined further developments in a case involving a former UBS investment advisor’s attempt to prevent the company from collecting on promissory notes the advisor owed to UBS upon...more

Allen Matkins

Department Of Business Oversight Found Liable For Investors' Attorney Fees

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In 2011, the Department of Business Oversight filed a civil action against Investco Management & Development LLC and its promoters alleging various violations of the securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of...more

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Utah 2017 Legislative Update – Employment Law Issues

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The 2017 session of the Utah Legislature produced few bills affecting employment law; but two bills recently signed by the Governor and one bill that was not passed this year may have an impact on Utah businesses....more

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Business Litigation Alert: "Will Texas Change the Recovery of Attorneys' Fees in 2017?"

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The general rule in Texas is that litigants must pay their own attorneys’ fees. Texas only allows the recovery of attorneys’ fees where it is authorized by statute, called for in the contract between the parties, or – in rare...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Tennessee Business Court Further Defines LLC Law

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The Tennessee Business Court continued its prolific promulgation of rulings affecting the resolution of internecine disputes between LLC members. In Terrell K. Raley, et al. v. Cees Brinkman, et al., Case No. 16-0196-BC, the...more

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Texas Court of Appeals: Parties Cannot Recover Statutory Attorney's Fees from an LLC for Breach of Contract Claims

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A recent decision from the Texas Court of Appeals in Houston closes the door to the recovery of attorney's fees from limited liability companies under Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, one of the few...more

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LLCs Not Subject To Texas Attorney Fee Statute ... For Now

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In a matter of first impression, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently held that Section 38.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code — the statutory provision allowing a...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

A Cautionary Tale: Members of a Defunct LLC May Have Liability For Attorney Fees

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In CB Richard Ellis Inc. v. Terra Nostra Consultants the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District decided an interesting issue concerning the liability of an LLC member for a fee award imposed against the...more

Brooks Pierce

The NC Business Court Rules On Recovering Attorneys' Fees In A Derivative Action Against An LLC

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In this week's opinion in Ekren v. K&E Real Estate Investments, 2014 NCBC 56, Judge Bledsoe outlined how a derivative action plaintiff can recover attorneys' fees....more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Managers of LLCs Can be Personally Liable Under the Massachusetts Wage Act

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In a June 13, 2013 decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified that managers of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) can be individually liable for violations of the Massachusetts Weekly Payment of Wages Act,...more

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When Law Firms Dissolve: Dividing Up The Proceeds From Contingent Fee Cases

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The Court of Appeals in February 2011 ordered Judge Jolly to dissolve Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman, a law firm organized as a member-managed professional limited liability company. The dissolution was...more

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