Prototype Limited Liability Company Act


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Guide to Limited Liability Companies


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This revised handbook provides a concise discussion of the limited liability company (LLC), the popular alternative business form for small- and medium-sized enterprises that strategically combines the pass-through tax advantages and operational flexibility of the partnership with the limited liability of the corporation. The Guide explains, in clear language, key information about the benefits available within the LLC format, and a synopsis of each state's LLC statute enables you to quickly identify relevant planning opportunities or potential pitfalls. Book jacket.




Starting a Limited Liability Company


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With Starting a Limited Liability Company you’ll learn how an LLC can work for you and exactly what you need to do to set up and operate one. The updated second edition features completely revised and updated planning strategies, and new chapters on the one-member liability company, estate planning, home businesses, and more. You’ll also find: Expert guidance on applying LLCs to operating a business, estate planning, protecting assets, real estate acquisitions, professional practices, avoiding ancillary probate, and venture capital operations Plans and strategies for converting partnerships into LLCs and combining LLCs and trust planning A detailed glossary, along with checklists and loads of sample legal forms that simplify the process




Restatement of the Law, Agency


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Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, Fourth Edition


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This essential resource enables you to negotiate, draft, and fine-tune LLC operating agreements for all basic types of LLCsand—in every U.S. jurisdiction! It delivers exclusive guidance on all 10 stages of the LLC formation process, and comes with a CD-ROM packed full of valuable material, including complete agreements, forms, and clauses all ready for immediate use. Newly expanded to two volumes, theand Fourthand Edition of Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements is the only limited liability company formbook and practice manual that addresses the entire process of planning, negotiating and drafting LLC operating agreements, and handling LLC formations. Providing hands-on guidance directly from John M. Cunningham, one of the acknowledged leaders in the field, Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, Fourthand Edition, ensures that youand’re prepared to handle all legal and tax aspects of the LLC formation process for member-managed, manager-managed, single-member, and multi-member LLCs, including: Fiduciary issues and other critical business organization law issues facing the managers of multi-member LLCs Multi-member LLC partnership tax issues The unique legal and tax issues confronting owners of single-member LLCs Hidden issues in drafting articles of organization The complex issues of legal ethics when representing two or more clients in forming multi-member LLCs Only Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, Fourthand Edition fully covers: The 10 main stages of the LLC formation process, providing detailed, practice-oriented comments on each and“Red flagsand” spotlighting common pitfalls and risks in LLC formation Key federal tax materials, including the and“Check-the-Box Regulationsand” and the IRSand’s guidelines on the application of the Self-Employment Tax to LLC members The current text of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act And Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, Fourthand Edition includes: All of the general-purpose model operating agreements you are likely to need to form both single-member and multi-member LLCs, designed for use in all 50 states and accompanied by line-by-line instructions Guidance through the entire, complex maze of legal, tax, and drafting issues An all-new section on protecting clientsand’ assets through LLCs Valuable exhibits, including a master table and various subsidiary tables of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provisions relevant to LLC formations Plus! Every clause, form, and complete agreement is on CD-ROMand—to speed the formation process and help save you time. To assist in your LLC formation practice, youand’ll also find a comprehensive survey of the rapidly expanding body of federal and state LLC case lawand—complete with clear summaries of the cases and indexes by both state and subject matter. Newly updated and expanded, Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, Fourthand Edition, delivers all the forms, agreements and expert guidance every LLC practitioner should have on hand. and




Symonds & O'Toole on Delaware Limited Liability Companies


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Symonds & O'Toole on Delaware Limited Liability Companies byrenowned experts Robert L Symonds, Jr. and Matthew J. O'Toole combinespractice-based Delaware LLC insights, completely current coverage, andup-to-date forms presented in logical order, allowing you to confidentlyrepresent your clients from start to finish. Everything you need to know aboutDelaware Limited Liability Companies is included in this one easy-to-usereference, complete with Bonus Delaware LLC Forms CD-ROM.Since the 1988 IRS ruling permitting the advantages of pass-through taxreporting, the number of Delaware Limited Liability Companies formedannually has increased at an explosive rate. Symonds & O'Toole onDelaware Limited Liability Companies provides practical evaluation ofthe Delaware Limited Liability Company, expertly analyzing the mostcurrent Delaware LLC law, as well as the underlying principles andreasoning, allowing you to master the specific issues facing Delaware LLCpractitioners today, and to find workable approaches to potentiallyproblematic Delaware LLC situations.Symonds & O'Toole on Delaware Limited Liability Companies isthe first resource to include complete coverage of all 2006 statutory changesregarding:Filings of Delaware LLC Documents with the Secretary of StateDelaware Limited Liability Company managementFundamental Transactions, including Delaware LLC mergers, conversionand consolidation of other entities into the Delaware LLC (andDelaware LLC into other entities)Everything you need to know about a Delaware Limited Liability Company isfound in this one easy-to-use reference:Expert "how to" guidance on drafting Delaware Limited LiabilityCompany agreementsExtensive Tables covering changes to the Delaware limited Liability CompanyAct and Delaware LLC case lawDelaware LLC Forms for practitioners drafted by experiencedpractitionersReliable In-Depth, Expert Coverage of all 2006 Delaware LLC statutoryamendmentsAbout Authors Robert L. Symonds Jr. and Matthew J. O'Toole:Robert L. Symonds Jr. and Matthew J. O'Toole are shareholders and directors inthe Delaware office of Stevens & LeeP.C. Both have broad experience with the structuring and use ofDelaware business entities. Mr. Symonds is one of the original drafters of theDelaware Limited Liability Company Act, and is a member of the Delaware StateBar Association's committee charged with reviewing and proposing amendments tothe Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Mr. O'Toole is a member of the Council ofthe Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. Mr. Symondsand Mr. O'Toole both serve on the Delaware State Bar Association's committeethat reviews and proposes amendments to Delaware's Limited Liability Companyand Partnership Statutes, and Mr. Symonds is immediate past Chair of thatcommittee.




Drafting Delaware Limited Liability Company Agreements


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Drafting Delaware LLC Agreements: Forms and Practice Manual provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act from an entity formation viewpoint and sets forth extensive practical guidelines for lawyers planning, negotiating and drafting Delaware LLC agreements. Among other features: The book exhaustively identifies the definitional, mandatory, default and permissive provisions critical in forming Delaware LLCs, and it addresses in detail the more important of these provisions. It contains detailed criteria and practical examples for use in choosing among Delaware LLCs and other types of Delaware entities, including limited partnerships and corporations, In business entity formations (“non-tax choice of entity”). To the authors’ knowledge, it provides the most complete analysis of the series LLC provisions of the Delaware Act currently available in LLC literature. It provides in digital form model LLC agreements that address all of the various ownership structures, management structures and tax structures that Delaware LLC formation clients may need—a total of nine agreements for single-member LLC s and 33 for multi-member LLCs. Finally, The book contains plain-English explanations for lawyers who are not tax specialists concerning all principal federal and state tax issues likely to be important to Delaware entity formation clients. A CD containing customizable agreements, For ease of use, along with the full text of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act is included with your purchase! SPECIAL OFFER… Get the latest monthly edition of Drafting Delaware LLC Agreements: Forms and Practice Manual E-Newsletter. Download your FREE E-Newsletter NOW ! The co-authors of the book and E-Newsletter are John M. Cunningham, The author of Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements (Aspen Publishers), The leading generic (i.e., non-state specific) LLC form book and practice manual; and Vernon R. Proctor, a partner and co-founder of Proctor Heyman LLP, a Wilmington, Delaware business litigation law firm. Mr. Proctor is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association committee that annually updates the Delaware LLC Act And The other Delaware “alternative entity” statutes .