Episode 021: Member Liquidity, Default Rules, and the Corporate-ization of LLCs: A Conversation with Dean Donald J. Weidner
Episode 3: Professor Peter Molk Interview on Drafting Around LLC Default Rules
Soleimani v. Hakkak, C.A. No. 2023-0948-LWW (Del. Ch. Apr. 12, 2024) - The defendants attempted to remove a manager-employee of several limited liability companies. The manager filed suit, and the parties moved for summary...more
DiDonato v. Campus Eye Management, LLC, C.A. No. 2023-0671-LWW (Del. Ch. Jan. 31, 2024) - In governance disputes among LLC constituencies, the operating agreement is the beginning and often end point. This action involved...more
In Holifield v. XRI Investment Holdings LLC, No. 407, 2022 (Del. Sept. 7, 2023), the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s determination that the defendant violated XRI Investment Holdings’ LLC agreement when he...more
VH5 Capital, LLC v. Jeremiah Rabe, C.A. No. 2020-0315-NAC (Del. Ch. June 30, 2023) - The at-issue LLC had two members – the defendant and the plaintiff, both of whom also constituted the company's board. The company never...more
In the iconic “The Princess Bride,” Miracle Max observes that there is a big difference between “all dead” and “mostly dead” and then goes on to prove it. In Holifield v. XRI Investment LLC, 2023 WL 5761367 (Del. Supr. Sept....more
One feature commonly seen in commercial lending transactions is a waiver of the borrower’s authority to file for bankruptcy without the consent of the lender. While such “blocking” provisions are generally upheld where the...more
Folks hearing the phrase “business divorce” for the first time tend to focus unconsciously on the word “divorce,” tuning out the word “business.” The irony is that most business divorce cases have nothing to do with...more
Let’s see how good you are at predicting the outcome and its rationale in a recently decided case involving the following facts: The controller of a Delaware LLC has supermajority voting rights under the initial LLC...more
XRI Investment Holdings LLC v. Holifield, et al., C.A. No. 2021-0619-JTL (Del. Ch. Sept. 13, 2022) - Under precedents such as CompoSecure, L.L.C. v. CardUX, LLC (Del. 2018), acts defined by an LLC agreement as “void” or...more
In CompoSecure v. CardUX, 206 A.3d 808 (Del. 2018), the Delaware Supreme Court held that when parties use the word “void” to describe the consequences of a noncompliant act under an LLC agreement, the act is deemed void ab...more
Many new businesses chose to establish limited liability companies (LLC) because of the protection from individual liability, the benefit of pass-through taxation, and the form’s inherent flexibility. Certain types of...more
One of the goals in a business divorce is finality – ending a business relationship once and for all. But what if the end isn’t really the end?...more
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
In Re Cadira Group Holdings, LLC Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 2018-0616-JRS (Del. Ch. July 12, 2021) - The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that “the fiduciary duties of a member, manager, or other...more
Springing Members are a tool that a structured finance Lender can use to reduce the risk that a Borrower will dissolve under state law. Under most state laws, an LLC that does not have at least one member will dissolve. ...more
Smith v. Scott, C.A. No. 2020-0263-JRS (Del. Ch. Apr. 23, 2021) - The Delaware LLC Act provides that fiduciary duties may be expanded or limited by the provisions of an LLC agreement. If the agreement is silent, then...more
Pearl City Elevator, Inc. v. Gieseke, C.A. No. 2020-0419-JRS (Del. Ch. Mar. 23, 2021) - Under Delaware law, limited liability company agreements are interpreted like other contracts; they are read as a whole in light of...more
Robinson v. Darbeau, C.A. No: 2019-0853-KSJM (Del. Ch. Mar. 1, 2021) - As Robinson v. Darbeau demonstrates, Delaware law recognizes implied limited liability company agreements. Plaintiff operated a daycare as a sole...more
International Rail Partners LLC v. American Rail Partners, LLC, C.A. No. 2020-0177-PAF (Del. Ch. Nov. 24, 2020) - The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”) allows a limited liability company (“LLC”) to...more
Hindlin v Gottwald, C.A. No. 2019-0586-JRS (Del. Ch. July 22, 2020) - The plaintiff, a minority investor (“Plaintiff”) in a Delaware limited liability company, Core Nutrition, LLC (the “Company”), brought an action for...more
Usually I open my annual Summer Shorts post with some breezy comment about summer vacations, travel, or poolside reading. But this shelter-at-home year we find ourselves living and working in profoundly different...more
n AM General Holdings LLC v. The Renco Group, Inc., et al., CA. No. 7639 and The Renco Group, Inc. v. MacAndrews AMG Holdings, LLC, et al., C.A. No. 7668-VCS (Del. Ch. June 26, 2020), the Delaware Court of Chancery (the...more
This episode features a lively interview with Donald J. Weidner, Dean Emeritus of the Florida State University College of Law and one of the leading authorities in the country on partnerships and LLCs. Don’s latest article,...more
360 Campaign Consulting, LLC v. Diversity Communication, LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0807-MTZ (Del. Ch. Mar. 20, 2020). Following a dispute between the two members of a Delaware LLC, Plaintiff filed an eleven (11) count complaint...more
The Delaware Court of Chancery considered a number of issues in Skye Mineral Investors, LLC et al v DXS Capital (U.S.) Limited et al. The dispute was among members of a Delaware limited liability company, Skye Mineral...more