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California Limited Liability Company (LLC) Corporations Code

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The One Where Everyone Got The Statute Wrong

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In yesterday's post, I discussed the Court of Appeal's unpublished opinion in Milks v. Affirmed Techs., LLC,  2024 WL 1502944 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 5, 2024), reh'g denied (Apr. 30, 2024).  That case involved claims against a...more

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A California LLC Endures Forever, A Nevada LLC Not So Long

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California's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act endows limited liability companies with a certain level immortality.  Corporations Code Section 17707.06(a) provides...more

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California May Soon Define "Corporation" To Include That Are Not Corporations

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The California Corporations Code is a misnomer.  While the Corporations Code does in fact govern corporations, it also governs a wide variety of unincorporated entities, including general partnerships, limited partnerships,...more

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California Court Opines On Fiduciary Duties Of LLC Members And Covenants Not To Compete

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Yesterday, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a noteworthy opinion addressing at least two significant questions.  Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare, LLC, 2024 WL 3878448....more

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Not Every California Corporation Is Governed By The California General Corporation Law

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The California General Corporation Law is part of the California Corporations Code, but not every corporation incorporated in California is formed or governed by the General Corporation Law.   In fact, the Corporations Code...more

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What Egregious Error Have Courts Made Nearly 9,000 Times (And Counting)?

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In a recently published article, Professors Samantha J. Prince & Joshua P. Fershée focus on the propensity to conflate corporations with limited liability companies...more

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Does LLC Cancellation Constitute An Affirmative Defense?

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Section 17707.08(c) of the California Corporations Code provides...more

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What Happens When An LLC Member Dies?

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To every member of a limited liability company who is a natural person, death will come "soon or late".   The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act provides that an individual dissociates as a member when...more

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May A Cancelled Limited Liability Company Convey Property?

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When a California limited liability company files a certificate of cancellation its powers, rights, and privileges cease.  Cal. Corp. Code § 17707.08(b)(2)(C).  This seemingly would preclude any further activity by the LLC,...more

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Common Law And The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act

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Section 17701.7 of the California Corporations Code sets up two arguably contradictory rules.  Subdivision (b) provides that unless displaced by "particular provisions" of the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability...more

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When A 20% Interest May Be a 40% Interest

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The possible application of California's Corporate Securities Law of 1968 may not be the first thing that comes to mind when amending charter documents.  However, Section 25120 of the California Corporations Code makes it...more

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The Too Too Unpardonable Fault Of Conflating LLCs And Corporations

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Law Professors Samantha Prince and Joshua Fershee have recently completed an article on the importance of not conflating limited liability companies with corporations.  In An LLC By Any Other Name Is Still Not A...more

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Court Finds Plaintiff Failed To Plead Impropriety Of LLC Distributions

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The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act defines a "distribution" as a transfer of money or other property from a "limited liability company" (Cal. Corp. Code § 17701.02(k)) to another "person" (Cal. Corp....more

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May A Member Of A California LLC Consent To The Jurisdiction Of Another State's Courts?

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Section 17701.10 of  California's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA) provides that an operating agreement serves the following four purposes...more

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Does The California Legislature Really Believe In the Existence Of Limited Liability Corporations?

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The California Corporations Code includes provides for the formation of corporations as well as limited liability companies.  However, it does not provide for the formation of limited liability corporations.  Oddly, however,...more

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LLC and Partnership Authority “Safe Harbors”

California’s statutes governing LLCs and general partnerships include “safe harbor” provisions making it easier for third parties to rely on the apparent authority of an LLC’s manager or a partnership’s partner. The statutes...more

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A Key Difference Between Corporate And LLC Buyout Rights That You May Have Missed

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Both the California General Corporation Law and the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act include provisions granting shareholders/members the right to avoid a dissolution of the corporation/LLC under...more

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Who Are The "Other Members"?

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Last Friday, I wrote about a recently issued Court of Appeal opinion with respect to California Corporations Code Section 17707.03.  That statute provides that a court may decree the dissolution of a limited liability company...more

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This California LLC Statute Entirely Bungles The Internal Affairs Doctrine

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At first glance, California Corporations Code Section 17708.01(a) appears to be a rather straightforward enunciation of the "internal affairs doctrine" as applied to foreign limited liability companies...more

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Court Insists No Standing In LLC Derivative Actions Without Continuous Ownership

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Derivative actions by members of domestic or foreign limited liability companies are governed by Section 17709.02 of the California Corporations Code.  That statutes provides that “no action shall be instituted or maintained...more

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Why I Find This Case To Be So Confusing

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I recently came across Judge William Alsup's ruling in Carbon Crest, LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66676.  However, the first two sentences of the ruling left me baffled...more

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The Curious Case Of The Unregistered Foreign LLC

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I recently came across and was baffled by the following decision...more

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Inspection When The Subsidiary Is A Limited Liability Company

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Section 1601 of the California Corporations Code grants any shareholder the right to inspect the accounting books, records, and minutes of board and shareholder meetings for a purpose reasonably related to the shareholder's...more

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Court Rules An LLC To Be An Unincorporated Association, But Is That Correct?

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Cal. Serv. Emples. Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Greenbox Servs. LLC, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93477 involved a plaintiff's attempt to serve a limited liability company.   After thrice failing to serve personally the LLC's...more

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