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2. Limited liability company - Wikipedia

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   t. e. A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States -specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. [1] An LLC is not a corporation under the laws of every state; it is a legal form of ...

3. United States corporate law - Wikipedia

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   New York Business Corporation Law section 1104-a, the holders of 20 per cent of voting shares of a non-public corporation may request that the corporation be wound up on grounds of oppression. NY Bus Corp Law §1118 and Alaska Plastics, Inc. v. Coppock , 621 P.2d 270 (1980) the minority can sue to be bought out at a fair value, determined by ...

4. California Department of Corporations - Wikipedia

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   The Department of Corporations was originally known as the "State Corporation Department" and was created by the "Investment Companies Act". [1] Governor Hiram Johnson appointed H.L. Carnahan as California's first Commissioner of Corporations in 1914. The Investment Companies Act faced immediate opposition but was approved by the voters in a ...

5. Incorporation (business) - Wikipedia

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   A corporation is capable of continuing indefinitely. Its existence is not affected by the death of shareholders, directors, or officers of the corporation. Ownership in a Corp. or LLC is easily transferable to others, either in whole or in part. Some state laws are particularly corporate-friendly.

6. History of corporate law in the United States - Wikipedia

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   New Jersey followed New York's lead in 1816, when it enacted its first corporate law. [3] In 1837, Connecticut adopted a general corporation statute that allowed for the incorporation of any corporation engaged in any lawful business. [3] Delaware did not enact its first corporation law until 1883.

7. Corporation - Wikipedia

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   A corporation is an organization —usually a group of people or a company —authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. [ 1 ]: 10 Early incorporated entities were ...