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Post date: Posted on: December 19, 2013

Delaware Law Weekly has an interview with the Delaware Supreme Court's former Chief Justice Myron Steele, who retired from the bench last month.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Litigation, Comparative Law, Contracts, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Legal Industry, Legal Theory, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions
Post date: Posted on: December 6, 2013

Lisa Stark has authored a report on recent judicial developments in Delaware corporate law, which can be downloaded here.

The cases discussed include:

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Courts, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships
Post date: Posted on: December 3, 2013

Berger Harris is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Messa has joined the firm as a partner.  Details at bergerharris.com.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Transactions, Corporations, Legal Opinions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions
Post date: Posted on: November 20, 2013

Lawyers drafting contracts (including operating agreements for LLCs and other business entities) often use "notwithstanding anything to the contrary" clauses to lend preclusive effect to a particular section.  For example, an agreement might contain a provision that "notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, any Member may engage in other business without the permission of the Company or the other Members."

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies
Post date: Posted on: November 6, 2013

After concluding that neither party had presented a reasonable valuation alternative method, the Court of Chancery used the merger price to determine “fair value” in a recent statutory appraisal proceeding where the sales process leading up to the merger had been judicially challenged, reviewed a

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Appeals, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships
Post date: Posted on: September 25, 2013

California has adopted a substantially revised Limited Liability Company Act, which goes into effect January 1, 2014.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Transactions, Comparative Law, Legal Opinions, Legislation, Limited Liability Companies, Structured Finance
Post date: Posted on: September 17, 2013

As noted by Justin Vartanian and Maurice Gilbert in the September 6–19 issue of the New Hampshire Business Review, the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) rec

Tags: Administrative Law, Alternative Business Entities, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Taxation

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