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Ballard Spahr LLP

DE Chancery Court Curbs Inspection to Investigate Alleged Fraud

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In Scaramellino v. Arencibia Holdco, LLC, Delaware’s Chancery Court recently approved a limited liability company’s narrow production in response to a broad books and records inspection demand, despite the petitioner’s...more

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Business Court of Texas Rebuffs Member’s Duty Claim, Reaffirms Freedom of Contract in LLC Agreement

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A recent opinion from the Business Court of Texas, Eighth Division (Fort Worth), provides a crisp reminder that an LLC’s company agreement can all but eliminate fiduciary duties among its members and managers. In Tall v....more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

“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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Proposed SEC Rules Aim at Putting Private Funds More in Public View

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Whether everyday Americans saving for retirement, college tuition, or their forever homes know it or not, there’s a chance that their money is tied, directly or indirectly, to private funds. Moreover, those Americans probably...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Winter Case Notes: Punitive Damages Awarded for Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

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Notwithstanding that the pictured snow globe is the only snow I’ve seen in my neck of the woods this balmy winter, I’m pleased to present my annual Winter Case Notes collection of recent court decisions of interest....more

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Court Held That Those In Control Of A Limited Liability Company May Owe Fiduciary Duties To The Company And Its Members

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​​​​​​​In In re Mijares, a plaintiff claimed that a defendant defrauded him and breached fiduciary duties owed to him by charging improper, excessive, and unauthorized expenses to their medical practice, causing the...more

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A Loan Is a Loan Is a Loan, Except When It’s Equity

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Disputes over capital accounts and equity percentages are frequent fodder for business divorce litigation — especially in LLCs without operating agreements. Exemplars previously treated on this blog include Chiu v Chiu, an...more

K&L Gates LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Dispenses with Multiple Motions and Claims as Business Partners Take a “Kitchen Sink” Approach to...

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Stone & Paper Investors, LLC, et al., v. Richard Blanch et al., C.A. No. 2018-0394-PAF (Del. Ch. June 29, 2020) involved a barrage of claims and counterclaims among LLC members and managers, including, misappropriation of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

First Department Holds That “Sole and Absolute Discretion” Clause Does Not Preclude Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim

In Shatz v. Chertok, the First Department affirmed in part and reversed in part a decision by Justice Jennifer G. Schechter of the Commercial Division. The key issue on appeal was whether a New York limited liability...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Death of Limited Partner Disarms Derivative Action

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I’ve yet to see him make a court appearance, and hope I never do, but the Grim Reaper sure has a knack for disrupting business divorce litigation involving LLCs and limited partnerships....more

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Oil Fraudster Conspires with His Own LLC

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In January I commented on the partnership that wasn’t and the lawyer whose actions give the rest of us a bad name. That was Stephens et al. v. Three Finger Black Shale Partnership et al. The court of appeal has substituted...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Practice Tips for M&A Practitioners for 2014

Based on a number of cases decided by the Delaware courts in 2013, below we summarize practice tips regarding careful drafting of contractual provisions and complying with technical and statutory requirements....more

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The Expansive Breadth and Scope of Arizona’s New Revised Uniform Arbitration Act

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Recently, the Arizona Court of Appeals determined that under the 2010 Arizona Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, A.R.S. §12-3001, et seq. (the AZ-RUAA), a contractual agreement to arbitrate extends to: (i) arbitration of claims...more

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