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Post date: Posted on: June 27, 2014

LLC Law Monitor reports on two recent decisions (one in Montana, and the other in Louisiana) dealing with personal liability of the manager of an LLC:

Tags: Agency, Alternative Business Entities, Comparative Law, Contracts, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies, Torts
Post date: Posted on: June 17, 2014

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation  from around the country addressing the enforceability of exclusive forum clauses in corporate bylaws.  Such clauses are designed to limit forum shopping by shareholders and other potential litigants by mandating that c

Tags: Comparative Law, Contracts, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Securities
Post date: Posted on: May 19, 2014

Io9 has a feature on an interesting and developing legal field: the tort liability associated with injuries to person and property caused by autonomous robots.

Tags: Agency, Comparative Law, International Law, Technology & Law, Torts
Post date: Posted on: May 9, 2014

Jeremy Gordon, director of China Business Services and author of Risky Bus

Tags: Business Ethics, Comparative Law, International Law, Legal Industry
Post date: Posted on: April 22, 2014

At the China Law Blog, Dan Harris has thoughts about the prevalence of companies doing business in China on the Justice Department's list of prosecutions under the

Tags: Business Ethics, Commerce, Comparative Law, Corporations, Criminal Law, Fiduciary Duties, International Law
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 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

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