What could possibly go wrong if you and your fellow limited liability company owners decide to operate your LLC without an operating agreement? Lots of things, many of which could cause you ...

Do single-member LLCs need written operating agreements? The question may seem odd, since, by definition, single-member LLCs have only one member, who thus completely controls his or her (or its) LLC.

Last Thursday, with my colleague Amanda Nelson, I taught a two-hour webinar for 36 New Hampshire lawyers, sponsored by the New Hampshire Bar Association, on how to draft operating agreements for ...

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In Maro, six physicians, who were already colleagues in an existing medical practice, agreed to form a new entity that they hoped would allow them to earn higher profits with a number of other doctors ...

Once you have registered your restaurant as a limited liability company, you will need to draft an LLC operating agreement to dictate the terms of how your business will be run and the process for ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Florida doesn’t require limited liability companies (LLCs) ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. In Texas, an operating agreement isn’t required to form a ...

Operating and franchise agreements are both used to structure the way businesses function and the responsibilities that business owners have. However, they are used in notably different situations. An ...

Mace fits within a recurrent fact pattern in which the owners of an operating business form a separate entity — in this case, an LLC — to acquire real property to house the operating business. In 2007 ...