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How to Buy Out Your LLC Partner in Texas: The Complete Legal Guide

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Problems with a partner? You’re not alone. Our law firm routinely fields calls from business owners seeking to remove a partner who is inactive, engaging in unethical or illegal behavior, or otherwise disrupting operations....more

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Texas LLCs, Corporations: Act Now to Secure New Business Protections from 2025 Legislative Reforms

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Major changes to Texas Business Organizations Code enacted during this summer’s legislative session provide unprecedented protection for management decisions and business disputes – but only if you amend your governing...more

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California Business Divorce: The Power of LLC Members to Ratify Past Actions Despite Defective Meeting Notices

Here’s What Happened This dispute arose from the operations of 409 North Camden, LLC, which owns a two-story office building in Beverly Hills. The property's history dates back to 1963, when six friends purchased it as...more

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Recent Appellate Rulings Address Novel Issues in General Partnership Disputes

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The era of the old-fashioned general partnership long ago petered out, largely displaced by subchapter S corporations and, in the last few decades, limited liability companies, both of which allow pass-through taxation...more

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Special Considerations for Law Firm Breakups

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Just a few weeks ago, I commented on a recent uptick in disputes centered on the breakup of professional services firms. In those disputes, we expect that the demands of the legal, accounting, and medical professions draw...more

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Recent Decisions Enforce LLC Member’s Right of First Refusal, Restrict Partnership Accounting, and Allow Damages Claim for Breach...

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Someday, perhaps, I’ll find the comedic inspiration to come up with a joke that begins, “An LLC, a partnership, and a close corporation walk into a bar . . ..” Until then, I’ll have to satisfy myself with writing about an...more

Payne & Fears

Partnership Betrayals: Breaches of Fiduciary Duty

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Part Three of a Series Payne & Fears’ Business Litigation Group helps businesses and their owners with wide-ranging disputes. In our practice, we’ve noticed that in disputes among business partners there are common issues...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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New Texas Business Organizations Code Legislation for 2021

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Several key bills amending the Texas Business Organizations Code (TBOC) and Texas Business & Commerce Code (TBCC) were passed in the 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session (the “2021 Legislative Session”), which convened on...more

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Operating Agreement Drafting Considerations: Removal of a Member

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When establishing a multi-member limited liability company, it is important to plan for the worst. It may seem cynical to think about the end before the beginning, but every company has a half-life. And while relationships at...more

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Navigating the LLC Jungle - I Know a Lawyer Podcast

A huge THANK YOU to Ryan Lockhart — an excellent tax and estate planning attorney and podcast host at the McKenna Brink Signorotti LLP law firm in Walnut Creek, California — for having me on the podcast as a guest! I am a...more

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Two Entities, Two Outcomes: Withdrawal and the Right to an Accounting

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In Jacobs v Cartalemi, now the leading case on the subject of LLC member withdrawal (which our firm had the pleasure of litigating), the Appellate Division – Second Department repeated a well-established principle of law:...more

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Enforceability of Oral Operating, Shareholder, and Partnership Agreements

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Oral agreements – and oral modifications of written agreements – are a constant source of litigation in business divorce cases. Alleged oral agreements are subject to attack based upon legal enforceability – as well as their...more

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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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Court Refuses to Reform Contract Failing to Find a Scrivener’s Error

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In, In re 11 West Partners, LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) refused to reform a contract with clear language, finding the argument of a scrivener’s error unconvincing....more

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Why Do You Need a Buy-Sell Agreement for Your Closely Held Company?

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Why do you need a Buy-Sell Agreement for your closely held company? In a nutshell, your business partner might die, become disagreeable, or just simply lose his or her mind, and you need a set of rules to resolve the matter....more

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