Eighteen attorneys from Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. were selected by their legal industry peers for inclusion in 28 areas of law in the recently‐released 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery ruling suggests drafters of LLC operating agreements may want to consider establishing a process by which managers of LLCs can be deemed to act in good faith and avoid application of the implied duty of good faith.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in Weddell v. H2O, Inc., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. #9, (Nev. March 1, 2012) that a judgment creditor is like an assignee of a membership interest. The creditor is entitled to only the share of the distributions the member would otherwise have received. The managerial interest of the debtor remains with the debtor.

We don’t often see a business judgment rule case emanate from the Iowa Supreme Court, so when one comes along, even in the context of a nonprofit condominium owners’ association, I am compelled to comment on it.

Dickinson business and banking law attorney Marc Ward was re-elected for a third term as president of the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa at the group’s annual meeting on February 8.