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A limited liability company operating agreement is an important document that formalizes the relationships between the co-owners of the LLC. The operating agreement, which is a requirement in some ...

An LLC operating agreement is a legally binding document that outlines the LLC’s preferred operating, management and financial procedures. Its purpose is to guide the business’s internal operations ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...