Posts for "Alternative Business Entities" filter

Post date: Posted on: April 11, 2014

Most states' limited liability company statutes contain provisions authorizing indemnification and advancement of legal expenses incurred by managers, officers, and other controlling persons resulting from lawsuits against them in their capacity as such.  Generally, these provisions allow the LLC to reimburse (indemnify) these "covered persons" for any legal expenses, except where the court finds bad faith, gross negligence, or some other "bad act," and companies may go a step further and pay such expenses during the pending litigation (advancement), provided that if the covered person is found to have committed a "bad act," the advanced funds must be repaid.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies
Post date: Posted on: April 10, 2014

In an article in the April 4 – 17 issue of the New Hampshire Business Review, attorney John Cunningham offers suggestions on how to reduce liability for the 8.5 percent Business

Tags: Administrative Law, Alternative Business Entities, Corporations, Taxation
Post date: Posted on: April 2, 2014

The Alabama Legislature has passed the Alabama Limited Liability Company Law of 2014, a substantially revised and restated version of their prior LLC law.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Comparative Law, Contracts, Legislation, Limited Liability Companies
Post date: Posted on: April 1, 2014

Corporate and business entity taxation is a complex area, fraught with nuance. As most businesspeople are aware, however (and speaking by way of broad overgeneralization), business entities are generally taxed either as corporate or as pass-through entities.

Tags: Administrative Law, Alternative Business Entities, Commerce, Corporations, Law & Economics, Legislation, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Taxation
Post date: Posted on: March 5, 2014

In several recent decisions, the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed a number of issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financings.  In In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Legislation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities
Post date: Posted on: February 28, 2014

Berger Harris partner Lisa Stark has been published in Business Law Today, a publication of the American Bar Association.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Professional News

Pages