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Publications
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10.13.2015Washington's Amended LLC Statute—Should You Amend Your LLC Agreement?UpdatesWashington state approved significant amendments to its Limited Liability Company Act earlier this year that will become effective on January 1, 2016.
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02.28.2012Delaware Court Reaffirms Fiduciary Duties Owed by Manager of a Limited Liability CompanyUpdatesIn a recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery, Auriga Capital Corp. v. Gatz Properties, LLC, C.A. 4390-CS (Del. Ch. Jan. 27, 2012), the court strongly reaffirmed that managers of a limited liability company owe traditional fiduciary duties to the limited liability company and its minority members unless such duties are explicitly reduced or eliminated by the terms of the limited liability company's operating agreement.
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06.16.2010Amendments Add Clarity to the Dissolution and Winding Up of Washington Limited Liability CompaniesUpdatesOn June 10, 2010, amendments to Washington's Limited Liability Company Act, which address the dissolution of a Washington limited liability company, took effect.
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Summer 2009Recent Washington Supreme Court Decision Regarding Limited Liability CompaniesArticles
Washington State Bar Association Business Law Section Newsletter, Volume 31 Number 2
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11.18.20082007 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Statistics ReleasedUpdatesThe Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice recently released their Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2007 for the period from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007.
Presentations
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11.2014M&A Market TermsSpeaking Engagements
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Founder Insights
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How to Classify Employees as Exempt or Nonexempt
When hiring employees, a company should ensure it is complying with applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding employee minimum wages, withholdings, and other applicable requirements. To ensure compliance, employers must first determine whether an employee is “exempt” or “nonexempt.” Nonexempt employees are entitled, among other things, […]
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How to Prepare for an Equity Financing
We have covered in past FTTWs how to value your startup and how much capital to raise. Once your startup decides to pursue equity financing, you should start to prepare for the investor due diligence process. On the business side, you will need to prepare a business plan and should take steps such as obtaining management references, interviews and background reviews, customer/user references, technical/product reviews, financial statements and business model reviews.
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What Every Startup Needs to Know
On Wednesday, June 26th, Perkins Coie’s Palo Alto office hosted the startupPerColator event, “What Every Startup Needs to Know.” Lowell Ness, a Perkins Coie partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice, moderated a panel which included Herb Stephens of NueHealth, Thomas Huot of VantagePoint Capital, Jennifer Jones of Jennifer Jones and Partners, Yuri Rabinovich of Start-up Monthly, and Olga Rodstein of Shutterfly.
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Surviving the Series A Crunch: Financing Alternatives
The “Series A Crunch,” which is the significant decline in the number of startup companies per quarter that are completing their first equity financing, appears to be deepening.
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