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Fiduciary duty claim kicked out of court

May 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Corporate Law, Fairfax

The lead story in this week’s issue of Virginia Lawyers Weekly presents a case with a first-impression issue of corporate law.
In WAKA LLC v. Humphrey, a case involving an adult kickball league, Fairfax Circuit Judge Leslie M. Alden found that members of an LLC owe no fiduciary duty to one other.

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Judge rejects ‘deepening insolvency’ theory

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Corporate Law, bankruptcy

In case you’ve been waiting for a Virginia court to weigh in on the theory of “deepening insolvency,” that time has come.
The theory is a way of holding corporate directors liable for operating a financially strapped company in a way that only digs a deeper hole – penalizing them for not knowing when to quit.
“Deepening […]

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