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Buy-Sell Agreement
When an action is brought to dissolve a California limited partnership or a California limited liability company, the California Corporations Code allows the other partners or the other members to avoid the dissolution by purchasing, for cash, the interests owned…
Read MoreUnder the Corporations Code, if there is a suit for involuntary dissolution, or if there is an election to dissolve voluntarily by shareholders representing only 50% of the voting power of the stock, the dissolution of the corporation and the…
Read MoreWhen a business that sells or leases goods at retail owes sales taxes to the California Board of Equalization (BOE), the buyer of the business can be responsible for paying the BOE the amount owing if the seller does not…
Read MoreWhen a business is an employer that owes contributions, interest, or penalties to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), the buyer of the business can be responsible for paying the EDD the amount owing if the seller does not pay…
Read MoreWhen a business is required to deduct and withhold taxes and remit them to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), a successor to the business can be responsible for paying the amount owing to the FTB if the business does not pay…
Read MoreThe Delaware Court of Chancery has held that pre-merger communications — including those relating to the negotiation of the merger itself — pass to the surviving corporation in the merger, absent a contractual provision to the contrary. Thus, the buyer…
Read MoreOn November 14, 2104, I conducted a webinar on “Drafting Buy-Sell Agreements–What the Forms Books Won’t Tell You.” The program was jointly sponsored by the Corporations Committee and the Partnerships and LLC Committee of the Business Law Section of the…
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