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Alter Ego Liability for LLC Managers: the Facts Matter

Alter ego liability is a frequent topic covered in The LLC Jungle — see here for a list of all prior “alter ego” related posts. The alter ego doctrine allows a court to disregard a corporate entity (including LLCs) and...more

Quasi-Judicial Immunity for Court-Appointed Partition Brokers

In California, several classes of persons are entitled to some form of immunity protecting them from liability for activities performed in connection with judicial proceedings. For example, “judicial immunity” bars civil...more

Enforceability of Commercial Lease Co-Tenancy Provisions

A commercial lease co-tenancy clause conditions a retail tenant’s opening for business or continuing operations at the designated property upon another tenant opening for business or continuing operations at the same...more

Attorney Fee Recovery by Third Parties Dragged into Commercial Lease Disputes

Commercial leases often contain attorney fee provisions allowing a party who prevails in litigation to recover attorney fees from the losing party. Can those attorney fee provisions apply to third parties — outsiders to...more

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

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

Determining Membership in an LLC: sometimes it’s not as easy as it should be

LLC membership interests are usually straightforward and can determined by simply reviewing the LLC’s operating agreement. The operating agreement typically lists the members. Sometimes the operating agreement will impose...more

Foreclosure Against a Commercial Landlord: Impact on Lease Rights

Foreclosure can often have tricky impacts on lease rights...  See Eviction After Foreclosure: California Supreme Court Weighs In and When a Lender Forecloses on a Leasehold Interest…. An opinion recently published by...more

Loss of Use can be “Property Damage” under Insurance Policies

General liability insurance policies normally cover “property damage.” Physical injury to, or outright destruction of, property almost always fits within policy coverage. But what about situations when the property is not...more

“Reverse Triangular Merger” Doesn’t Transfer Title to Entity’s Real Property

A recent LLC Jungle blog post covered the impact of “conversion” from a different form of entity to an LLC — generally, the entity’s rights and liabilities remain the same. But what about a more sophisticated transaction...more

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