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Limited Liability Company (LLC) Corporate Misconduct

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

When To Seek Judicial Dissolution For Your Restaurant Business

Running a restaurant with business partners can be a rewarding venture, but partnerships don’t always go as planned. Disagreements, financial troubles, and breaches of fiduciary duty can create conflicts so severe that...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Stated Purpose vs. Stated Problem: Court Sticks to the Script for LLC Dissolution

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It’s been 15 years since the Second Department’s decision in Matter of 1545 Ocean Avenue, LLC, 72 AD3d 121, 2010 NY Slip Op 00688 (2d Dept Jan. 26, 2010), which established the standard for judicial dissolution of limited...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Want to pierce the corporate veil? Plead facts, not just factors.

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Only two months into 2025, and the Business Court has already denied two motions for leave to add claims to pierce the corporate veil. My fellow-Foxer, Brad Risinger reported here on the first opinion from Judge Earp in MD...more

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A Corporate “One Man Band” Might be a Lonely Road, but the Company is Not Always a Puppet

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Matthew Bagley worked for a claims adjustment firm in Louisiana as its claims manager for nearly three years before resigning to, allegedly, improperly compete against his former employer, M.D. Claims Group. In M.D. Claims...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

LLC Lacks Standing to Appeal Judgment Against its “Alter Ego” Owner

Many prior posts have addressed the “alter ego” doctrine, under which a business entity’s owner can be held personally liable for the entity’s debts. This is also known as “piercing the corporate veil.”...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Appointing a Receiver to Safeguard Against LLC Shenanigans

A prior post — A Receiver For Your LLC? — covered the basics of court-appointed receivers acting on behalf of an LLC. It is always worth keeping in mind that a receiver appointed to handle the affairs of an LLC is a “general...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Breach of Trust? Baker Mayfield Sues Father in $12 Million Business Dispute

On November 22, 2024, NFL star Baker Mayfield, his wife Emily Mayfield, and their business entity Team BRM, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas,...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

25% Owner Held Not to Have Dominated and Controlled Corporate Entity to Pierce the Corporate Veil

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By: Jeffrey M. Haber This Blog has previously written about the benefits of forming a corporation or a limited liability corporation and the perils of ignoring the corporate formalities that are attendant thereto. In today’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Derivative Lawsuits by Private Company Minority Owners: Procedures for Protecting the Company from Insider Misconduct

By definition, a minority owner in a private company does not have control over the business or the right to make decisions for the company. But minority owners do have legal recourse when the company’s majority owners –...more

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Justice Department Offers New Antitrust Guidance With Lessons for Nonprofits, Associations, and Other Member-Owned and Operated...

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When was the last time your organization reviewed its antitrust compliance program? The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice announced a new policy to incentivize corporate antitrust compliance programs, which...more

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