Posts for "Fiduciary Duties" filter

Post date: Posted on: January 22, 2015

At the New York Business Divorce blog, Peter Mahler discusses the concept of “jerk insurance” and a recent federal court decision in the Southern District of New York:

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partnerships
Post date: Posted on: October 31, 2014

The Delaware Corporate and Legal Services blog hosts a short piece explaining the business judgment rule, a critical component of corporate law.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties
Post date: Posted on: October 29, 2014

Professor Haskell Murray offers thoughts on Ello, a Delaware public benefit corporation that owns and operates a t

Tags: Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Securities, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Technology & Law
Post date: Posted on: September 10, 2014

In Ross Holding and Management Co. v. Advance Realty Group LLC,[1] the Delaware Court of Chancery has held again that traditional corporate fiduciary duties of care and loyalty apply to the members and managers of limited liability companies.  The Court wrote:

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Comparative Law, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships
Post date: Posted on: August 13, 2014

New Hampshire has become the latest state to enact a benefit corporations statute. In July 2014, Governor Maggie Hassan signed into law the New Hampshire Benefit Corporation Act, NH RSA 293-C.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Business Ethics, Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Legal Theory, Legislation, Social Entrepreneurship

Pages