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How Boilerplate Agreement Advancement Clauses Can Transform Ownership Disputes

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Indemnification and advancement clauses are often seen as mere boilerplate language in a company’s governing documents, routinely copied from one form agreement to another. However, advancement clauses may be important...more

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A Leaf Through a Busy November in New York LLC Litigation

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November was a whirlwind month for New York LLC litigation.  It featured disputes over how to wind up a judicially dissolved LLC, a bitter intra-family emergency indemnification/advancement injunction, and the finale of a...more

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The Contract is King: Advancement and Indemnification Under Delaware Law

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In last week’s New York Business Divorce, we wrote about an important decision from New York’s highest court, Sage Sys., Inc. v Liss (___ NY3d ___, 2022 NY Slip Op 05918 [Ct App Oct. 20, 2022]). In Sage, the Court of Appeals...more

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Warning: If You Want Legal Fee Advancement or Indemnification, You May Need to Amend Your Partnership, Shareholder, or Operating...

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The universe works in mysterious ways. Four days ago, when I sat down to write this article, my plan was to feature a decision from Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Andrea J. Masley denying dismissal of a closely-held...more

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Revised Ohio LLC Statute

The Ohio Revised Limited Liability Company Act (“LLC Act”) took effect on February 11, 2022, and now governs all limited liability companies formed under Ohio law. The LLC Act replaced Chapter 1705 of the Ohio Revised Code...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio’s New LLC Act: Ensure Your Business is In Compliance

The start of 2022 is here, and in addition to the usual beginning-of-year tasks for businesses, every LLC organized or qualified to do business in Ohio should familiarize itself with Ohio’s Revised Limited Liability Company...more

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The Dangers of Copy and Paste: Using Corporate Statutory Language in an LLC May Result in Unintended Consequences

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Limited liability companies (LLCs) are famously referred to as “creatures of contract”, whereas the governance of a corporation is comparatively fixed by statute. When forming an LLC, the members have broad discretion to...more

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Family Businesses Should Carefully Consider Indemnification and Advancement Obligations Included In Limited Liability Company...

When a family business operated as a limited liability company brings on professional management, the parties typically focus on items in the operating agreement such as capital contributions, allocations and distributions,...more

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Court Of Chancery Declines Stay In LLC Advancement Case

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Tulum Management USA LLC v. Casten, C.A. 11321-VCN (November 9, 2015) - A Delaware court will not stay its hand in favor of litigation elsewhere in an advancement or indemnification case absent “exceptional...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Indemnification Sleight of Hand

In Branin v. Stein Roe Inv. Counsel, LLC, C.A. 8481-VCN, 2014 WL 2961084 (Del. Ch. June 30, 2014), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a vested right to indemnification may not be rescinded by a subsequent amendment to...more

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Implications of the New California LLC Act

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On January 1, 2014, a new law governing limited liability companies (“LLCs”) went into effect in California. The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (“RULLCA”)1 superseded in its entirety the prior...more

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California’s Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act

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A new California law governing limited liability companies became effective as of January 1, 2014. The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA) makes significant changes in the rights and...more

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