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...arry on the limited liability company's activities with the person as a member. (2) The person is an entity and, within ninety days after the limited liability company notifies the person that it will be expelled as a member because the person has filed a statement of dissolution or the equivalent, or its right to transact business has been suspended by its jurisdiction of formation, the statement of dissolution or...

...right to participate as a member in the activities and affairs of the limited liability company and is entitled only to receive the distributions to which that member would have been entitled if the member had not dissociated. (B) Upon a person's dissociation, the member's duty of loyalty and duty of care under divisions (C) and (D) of section 1706.31 of the Revised Code continue only with regard to matters arising...

...roperty rights and credits and all contract and other rights, of the company existing at the time its articles or registration were canceled shall be fully vested in the company as if its articles or registration had not been canceled, and the company shall again be entitled to exercise the rights and privileges authorized by its articles. The name of a company whose articles have been canceled shall be reserved for ...

...he secretary of state to take, whatever action the court considers appropriate. (C) The appropriate court's order or decision may be appealed as in any other civil proceeding.

...liability company is dissolved, and its activities shall be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following: (A) An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution; (B) The consent of all the members; (C) A limited liability company with canceled articles has failed to cure the grounds for cancellation for three years or more and any member or person authorized pursuant to sec...

...bility company but may not carry on any activities except as is appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs. Appropriate activities include all of the following: (1) Collecting its assets; (2) Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind to persons owning membership interests; (3) Discharging or making provisions for discharging its liabilities; (4) Distributing its rem...

...wind up the limited liability company's activities. (B) The appropriate tribunal may order supervision of the winding up of a dissolved limited liability company, including the appointment of a person to wind up the limited liability company's activities as follows: (1) On application of a member, if the applicant establishes good cause; (2) On application of an assignee, if both of the following apply: (a) T...

...er barred by any other statute limiting actions, a claim against a dissolved limited liability company is barred in either of the following circumstances: (1) A claimant who was given notice under division (B) of this section does not deliver the claim to the dissolved limited liability company by the deadline. (2) A claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved limited liability company does not commence a ...

...er barred by any other statute limiting actions, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved limited liability company within two years after the publication of the notice: (1) A claimant who was not given notice under division (B) of section 1706.473 of the Revised Code; (2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to ...

...ing members who are creditors, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited liability company. (B) After a limited liability company complies with division (A) of this section, any surplus shall be distributed as follows: (1) First, to each person owning a membership interest that reflects contributions made on account of the membership interest and not previously returned, an amount equal to the value of the pe...

...iability company, may not engage in any activities in this state that a limited liability company is forbidden to engage in by the laws of this state. (D) A foreign limited liability company that has filed a registration as a foreign limited liability company shall in this state: (1) Have the same but no greater rights than a limited liability company; (2) Have the same but no greater privileges than a limited ...

...r any one or more of its series to transact business in this state, the foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. Neither a foreign limited liability company nor any one or more of its series may transact business in this state until the registration has been approved by the secretary of state and the foreign limited liability company or series is otherwise in compliance with secti...

...pany shall not be considered to be transacting business in this state within the meaning of sections 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code by reason of its or any one or more of its series' carrying on in this state any of the following actions: (1) Maintaining, defending, or settling in its own behalf any proceeding or dispute; (2) Holding meetings or carrying on any other activities concerning its internal af...

...ntil it adopts, for the purpose of transacting business in this state, an assumed name that complies with section 1706.07 of the Revised Code. A foreign limited liability company that adopts an assumed name under this division and then files a registration as a foreign limited liability company under that assumed name need not file a name registration when transacting business under that assumed name. After filing th...

...all series thereof, will no longer transact business in this state and that it relinquishes its authority to transact business in this state; (4) That the foreign limited liability company is canceling its registration as a foreign limited liability company; (5) That any statement of assumed name it has on file in the records of the secretary of state and any assumed name with respect to the foreign limited liabi...

...lity company, or a series thereof, transacting business in this state, nor anyone on its behalf, shall be permitted to maintain a proceeding in any court in this state for the collection of its debts unless an effective registration as a limited liability company for the foreign limited liability company is on file in the records of the secretary of state. (B) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign li...

...r may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a limited liability company to recover a judgment in favor of the limited liability company by complying with sections 1706.61 to 1706.617 of the Revised Code. (B) A member associated with a series of a limited liability company may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the series to recover a judgment in favor of the series by comply...

...r may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company only if the member meets both of the following conditions: (1) The member fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company. (2) The member either: (a) Was a member of the limited liability company at the time of the act or omission of...

...A member may not commence a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company, or a series thereof, until both of the following occur: (A) A written demand has been made upon the limited liability company or the series to take suitable action. (B) Ninety days have expired from the date the demand was made unless either of the following applies: (1) The member has earlier been notified that the dem...

...Code, the court may stay any derivative action for the period the court deems appropriate.

...(A)(1) A derivative action in the right of a limited liability company shall be dismissed by the court on motion by the limited liability company if one of the groups specified in division (A)(2) of this section has determined in good faith, after conducting a reasonable inquiry upon which its conclusions are based, that the maintenance of the derivative action is not in the best interests of the limited liability co...

...A derivative action may not be discontinued or settled without the court's approval. If the court determines that a proposed discontinuance or settlement will substantially affect the interests of members of the limited liability company, or the interests of members associated with a series of the limited liability company, the court shall direct that notice be given to the members affected.

...On termination of the derivative action the court may do any of the following: (A) Order the limited liability company to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the plaintiff in the derivative action if the court finds that the derivative action has resulted in a substantial benefit to the limited liability company; (B) Order a series to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expens...

...In any derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, the right of a person to commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, and any matters raised in the action covered by sections 1706.61 to 1706.616 of the Revised Code shall be governed by the law of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited lia...

...section, a member may maintain a direct action against another member or members or the limited liability company, or a series thereof, to enforce the member's rights and otherwise protect the member's interests, including rights and interests under the operating agreement or this chapter or arising independently of the membership relationship. (B) A member maintaining a direct action under division (A) of this sec...