The Business Divorce Law Report
Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act Changes Legal Landscape
The effective date of New Jersey’s Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act is approaching. The law will be effective on March 18, 2013 for newly formed LLCs and will be applied to all LLCs effective March 1, 2014.
There is a laundry list of changes in the new statute. Our view in the firm is that it’s a significant improvement over New Jersey’s current statute, modeled under Delaware law with some fairly significant additions. But the statute is also more complicated, and for those accustomed to drafting under the old law, it’s time get started revising those model clauses.
It’s also time to start warning the owners of existing LLCs about the impending change. The differences are significant enough that some LLCs may have problems with Operating Agreements drafted under the old statute that will have significant problems under the new act.
Although the law does not apply to a new LLC until March 18, we are incorporating the new statute in the LLCs that we are forming. It will apply in just over a year anyway so it makes sense to include a clear choice of law selection, at least until next month.