Month: June 2019

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Three Short Takes: (1) Exclusive Nature of Florida Charging Order Precludes Garnishment; (2) Tricky Signature Block on Contract Personally Obligates Georgia LLC’s Manager; (3) Idaho Clarifies That Veil-Piercing Claims Are Equitable

We have a roundup this week of three recent LLC cases. 1.   Charging Order. A dispute between two members of a Florida LLC resulted in litigation, in which the trial court ultimately awarded one member a $41,409 judgment against the other member. After an appeal that affirmed the judgment, and on the prevailing member’s motion, the trial.

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Dissolution of Connecticut LLC Does Not Automatically Transfer Assets to LLC’s Members

Lawyers sometimes misunderstand the consequences of an LLC’s dissolution. Dissolution does not terminate the existence of an LLC. A dissolved LLC’s members and managers continue to be its members and managers, and must wind up the LLC’s business. The dissolved LLC continues to own its property until it is sold or distributed to the members..

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South Carolina Supreme Court Invalidates LLC Operating Agreement’s Repurchase Right After Charging Order Foreclosure

Many LLC operating agreements contain transfer restrictions on LLC member interests. Those restrictions sometimes include the LLC’s right to repurchase the interest if a member makes a transfer in violation of the operating agreement. What’s the result if such a repurchase right applies to a transfer resulting from the foreclosure of a charging order by.

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Washington Court of Appeals Clarifies That Fraud Need Not Be Pleaded with Particularity to Support Veil-Piercing Claim

The Washington Court of Appeals had to decide earlier this year whether the plaintiff’s complaint in an LLC veil-piercing case was adequate, in Landstar Inway, Inc. v. Samrow, 181 Wn. App. 109, 325 P.3d 327 (May 6, 2014). The plaintiff alleged that the veil should be pierced because the LLC member used the LLC form to.

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New York LLC Manager’s Apparent Authority Makes LLC’s Real Estate Contract Enforceable in the Absence of Manager’s Actual Authority

A New York LLC entered into a contract to sell real estate and accepted a cash deposit. But shortly before closing the LLC asserted that its manager had no authority to sign the sale contract, tendered back the deposit, and refused to sign the closing documents. The buyers sued to enforce the contract, and the.

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