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…
Operating Agreement Doesn’t Excuse Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Many posts on The LLC Jungle blog have focused on the fiduciary duties owed by LLC managers to both the LLC’s members and the LLC itself.…
LLC Dissolution Vote Defeats Statutory Buyout
Several prior LLC Jungle posts have explored the statutory buyout procedures established by California Corporations Code section 17703.03 and related statutes: a botched buyout “fair value”…
Can a Statutory Buyout be Dodged by Dismissal?
The statutory right to judicial dissolution in California comes with a hook — the defendants can avoid dissolution by exercising a “buyout” procedure. This is true…
Statutory LLC Buyouts — “Fair Value” vs. “Fair Market Value”
Under section 17707.03 of California’s Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, when a member sues the other members for dissolution of the LLC, the other members…
Portrait of a Mangled Business Divorce
Business divorce can be messy, as reflected by many of the cases covered here at The LLC Jungle. Two issues that frequently arise during the dissolution…
A Dissolved LLC Can Still Recover Attorney Fees
An LLC Jungle post from last year addressed the issue of whether derivative claims can be pursued for a dissolved LLC. See: Can Derivative Claims be Pursued…
A Podcast Guest Appearance — Navigating The LLC Jungle
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…
Can Derivative Claims be Pursued for a Dissolved or Cancelled LLC?
Today’s post focuses on a thorny issue arising from the LLC Jungle — can derivative claims be pursued on behalf of a dissolved or cancelled LLC?…
Think Carefully Before Forming an “Out of State” LLC
Many California-based LLC managers and members are lured by the potential benefits of forming the LLC under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of California. Delaware…