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Sharp Teeth: Civil and Criminal Liability for Officers and Directors of Insolvent Saudi and UAE Companies

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The recent detention of a restructuring professional in the United Arab Emirates serves as a stark reminder that directors and officers of insolvent or distressed companies can face personal liability for their actions or...more

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Winter Case Notes: Murder, Forgery, Accidental Death, Oppression, Oh My!

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Welcome to this year’s Winter Case Notes where, amidst the arctic blast currently sweeping most of the nation, I offer shortish takes on several court decisions in recent business divorce cases. This year’s edition...more

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Proceed with Caution: Strategy Considerations Before Making a Books and Records Demand

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The books and records demand often is the opening act in business divorce litigation. The relatively low burden that an owner must meet in order to obtain access to a company’s books and records, and the availability of an...more

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How Delaware LLCs Can Protect Themselves Against Abusive and Illegitimate Information Requests by Members or Managers

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Knowledge is power, they say. In the context of a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”), knowledge about the company’s finances, governance, operations, and affairs is found in the company’s books and records. But...more

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Summer Shorts: Equitable Contribution, Stock Redemption, and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

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Welcome to the 13th annual edition of Summer Shorts. This year’s edition features brief commentary on five recent decisions by New York courts in a variety of business divorce cases involving equitable contribution among...more

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Shareholder Access to Books & Records in Texas – What Are My Rights?

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Under Texas law, a member of a limited liability company (LLC) or a qualifying shareholder of a corporation has the right to examine the company’s books and records, so long as there is a proper purpose. This right is...more

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The Rights of Minority Owners in Closely-Held Businesses

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The pages of this blog are filled with cases pitting a minority owner of a closely-held business—most often a corporation or an LLC—against the majority.  Books and records proceedings, derivative actions brought on behalf of...more

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The Nutmeg State Out Front on Member Inspection Rights Under RULLCA

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For the second time in two years, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ventured into uncharted waters of LLC governance under the Revised Uniform LLC Act which, to date, has been adopted by 22 states and awaits legislative...more

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[Webinar] Two-Part Webinar Series - Raising Capital & Staying Compliant: It’s Not Easy Being Green - November 18th, 2:00 pm - 2:30...

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Got a great opportunity but need more funding? Want to raise money for your new startup in a compliant way? Compliance with federal and state laws are a crucial part of business transactions, including mergers and...more

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The Money’s There But Out of Reach for the Minority LLC Member

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Of late I’ve been ruminating on New York’s membership in the shrinking pool of states that don’t recognize oppression of an LLC minority member by the controlling members or managers as ground for judicial dissolution....more

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Court of Chancery Adjudicates Books and Records Request Post-Trial for Delaware LLC

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Trials involving books and records requests have become more common since the Delaware Supreme Court encouraged stockholder plaintiffs to use the “tools at hand” to discover information necessary to establish demand futility...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2019 Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year In Review

In 2019, the Delaware courts issued a broad range of important decisions addressing various corporate law and governance issues—including board compensation, controlling stockholder conflicts, board oversight obligations, M&A...more

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LLC Member’s Petition to Dissolve Boxing Club Dealt First Round KO

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In the end, it wasn’t much of a fight. The case of Huggins v Scott, decided last month by Justice W. Franc Perry of the Manhattan Supreme Court, illustrates anew the well-nigh insurmountable hurdle faced by a minority...more

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Court Takes Ambiguity Off the Menu of Restaurant’s LLC Agreement

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I’ve lost track of how many lawsuits I’ve seen between co-owners of New York City restaurants. It’s not surprising given the high percentage of restaurant failures in an intensely competitive market with high rents, high...more

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Chancery Court Finds That Language In An LLC Agreement That States An Assignment Is “Null And Void” Trumps The Common Law And...

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In Absalom Absalom Trust f/k/a Anne Deane 2013 Revocable Trust v. Saint Gervais LLC, C.A. No. 2018-0452-TMR (Del. Ch. June 27, 2019), the Court of Chancery found that the transfer of membership interests in an LLC was void,...more

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Chancery Finds Unauthorized Transfer of LLC Interest Void and Denies Transferee Inspection Rights

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Absalom Absalom Trust v. Saint Gervais LLC, C.A. No. 2018-0452-TMR (Del. Ch. June 27, 2019). Plaintiff was assigned a membership interest in the defendant, a Delaware limited liability company, and sought to exercise books...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

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No Love Lost in Books and Records Requests

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In Durham v. Grapetree, LLC, Civil Action No. 2018-0174-SG (Del. Ch. January 31, 2019), the Delaware Court of Chancery granted in part and denied in part a suit to compel books and records under Section 18-305 of the Delaware...more

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Winter Case Notes: Oppression of the “Gifted” Minority Shareholder and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

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Notwithstanding we’ve had no more than a dusting of snow thus far in my downstate New York neck of the woods, welcome to another edition of Winter Case Notes in which I visit my backlog of recent court decisions of interest...more

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Under New York Law, an Accounting Does Not Equal a Books and Records Inspection

A recent case out of the New York Commercial Division demonstrates that the remedy of an accounting can be confused with the right of a shareholder or LLC member to inspect books and records. ...more

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Equitable Accounting vs. Access to Books and Records: Don’t Confuse Them

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Raise your hand if you think that a lawsuit for an accounting by the managers of an LLC simply means they have to turn over financial records. ...more

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Outlawing of LLC’s Short-Term Rental Business Brings Long-Term Litigation

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After two years, 300+ docket entries, and 12 motions, a lawsuit among members of a Delaware LLC that owned a 5-story apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side (the “UES Building”) acquired to provide short-term...more

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Accounting Unchained: Is the Closely Held Business Owner’s Right to an Accounting Absolute?

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Let’s face it. In business divorce, the accounting cause of action doesn’t get a lot of love. It’s not as sexy as the torts (conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, waste, etc). It lacks the oomph of judicial dissolution....more

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Inspection Rights, Oral Operating Agreements, and Other Pop-Diva Delights

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Over the last several years, the books-and-records proceeding and its corresponding shareholder rights of inspection seem to have entered a bit of renaissance period in the courts. ...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Looking Under the Fingerboard and Maintaining Your Business

...Businesses, like violins, need regular maintenance. What needs to be done may well depend upon the type of business and how many owners and employees it has. However, all businesses need certain routine “maintenance” to...more

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