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The “Business Judgment Rule” Applies in LLCs Too

Corporate directors have long relied on the “business judgment rule,” under which their decisions are presumed to have been made “on an informed basis, in good faith, and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the...more

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To Moot a Statutory Buyout, LLC’s Dissolution Must be Valid Under its Operating Agreement

In 2022, The LLC Jungle covered the opinion Friend of Camden, Inc. v. Brandt in a post titled LLC Dissolution Vote Defeats Statutory Buyout. In the Friend of Camden case, the Court of Appeal held that an LLC membership vote...more

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“Equitable Buyout” as a Remedy for LLC Wrongdoing?

In the world of LLCs, buyouts — where one member sells his/her membership interest to another member or the LLC itself — are commonplace. Buyouts generally fall into one of two categories: contractual — where the...more

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Top 10 Business Divorce Cases of 2017

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I’m delighted to present my 10th annual list of this past year’s ten most significant business divorce cases. This year’s list includes seven noteworthy appellate decisions, two of which — Mace v Tunick and Shapiro v...more

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Operating Agreement Defeats Statutory Buyout Rights Upon LLC Member’s Withdrawal

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When the tsunami of LLC enabling statutes swept the U.S. in the late ’80s and early ’90s, including New York in 1994, many included a default rule authorizing as-of-right member withdrawal and payment for the “fair value” of...more

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