The Limited Effect of 'Maximum Effect'

Bus. L. Today (Aug. 13, 2020), available at https://businesslawtoday.org/2020/08/limited-effect-maximum-effect/

U of Houston Law Center No. 2023-A-16

10 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2023 Last revised: 27 Oct 2023

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Daniel S. Kleinberger

William Mitchell College of Law

Douglas K. Moll

University of Houston Law Center

Date Written: February 24, 2023

Abstract

More than 20 jurisdictions have followed Delaware rather than the Uniform Law Commission in giving “maximum effect” to the principle of freedom of contract in LLC arrangements. Exactly how effective has the construct of “maximum effect” been? Not very.

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Keywords: maximum effect, delaware, limited liability company, llc, freedom of contract

JEL Classification: K12, K22

Suggested Citation

Kleinberger, Daniel S. and Moll, Douglas, The Limited Effect of 'Maximum Effect' (February 24, 2023). Bus. L. Today (Aug. 13, 2020), available at https://businesslawtoday.org/2020/08/limited-effect-maximum-effect/, U of Houston Law Center No. 2023-A-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4368742

Daniel S. Kleinberger

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