Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Publication Information
Business Law Today (July 20, 2017)
Abstract
When a litigator argues for a particular choice of law, the litigator seeks retrospectively the law most favorable to a particular claim or claims. When a business lawyer chooses a state of formation for a business entity, the lawyer seeks prospectively the governing law whose characteristics most favor the client’s interests.
Although in particular situations one characteristic may dominate, in general the business lawyer should look for governing law that is clear, comprehensive, coherent, accessible, and stable (or at least predictable). With these five metrics in mind, this column explains why lawyers forming limited liability companies should not dabble in Delaware.
Repository Citation
Kleinberger, Daniel S., "Don’t Dabble in Delaware" (2017). Faculty Scholarship. 563.
https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/facsch/563