The limited liability company is relatively young.  Though origin research is always a dubious task, my efforts tell me that the first LLC was created in 1977 in Wyoming, followed by other LLCs in Florida in 1982.  The years since then have witnessed the LLC’s rise to the closely held entity of choice among business owners.

One benefit of the LLC’s youthful age is that many of the minds that were most influential in its early-stage development are still teaching, practicing, and studying, all while continuing to lend their expertise on LLC formation, regulation, and litigation.  And your best chance of catching all those prominent minds in one place is at the American Bar Association’s annual LLC Institute.

For those interested in learning the intricacies of the LLC laws directly from the experts, I highly recommend attending the two-day conference.  While a single-post recap inevitably won’t do justice to the many presentations, panels, and discussions at the Institute, this week’s post attempts to sample some of the best business divorce topics highlighted in the 2024 LLC Institute.Continue Reading Greetings from the American Bar Association’s 2024 LLC Institute

At the 2023 LLC Institute recently held in Denver, CO, the NYBD authors had the pleasure of sharing their views from the Business Divorce trenches on emerging trends or potential trends in LLC litigation.  Here is a recap of the lively panel discussion, Frontiers of LLC Member Litigation: Sex Discrimination as Oppression, Freeze-Out Mergers, and Direct vs. Derivative Claims.
Continue Reading Greetings from the American Bar Association’s 2023 LLC Institute

The LLC Institute, the New York Law Journal, and the American Institute of CPAs are all sponsoring upcoming continuing education programs of great interest to business divorce professionals, at two of which I’ll be a panel member. Get the details in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading Don’t Miss These Upcoming Programs on LLCs and Business Valuation