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Catherine Ford Corrigan is an American bioengineer and business executive.. Corrigan earned a bachelor's of science in engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. . She subsequently earned a master's of science in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992, then completed a doctorate in mechanical engineering and medical physics via a joint program ...
A corporate resolution is a document issued by a board of directors, outlining a binding corporate action. [ 1 ] Resolutions may authorize routine transactions such as opening corporate accounts, or adopting a fictitious business name . [ 2 ]
A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation . [ 1 ]
Limited liability is a legal status in which a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a corporation, company, or joint venture. If a company that provides limited liability to its investors is sued, then the claimants are generally entitled to collect only against the assets ...
In business or commercial law in certain common law jurisdictions, an ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of a company by a simple or bare majority (for example more than 50% of the vote) either at a convened meeting of shareholders or by circulating a resolution for signature.
Limited liability partnerships emerged in the early 1990s: while only two states allowed LLPs in 1992, over forty had adopted LLP statutes by the time LLPs were added to the Uniform Partnership Act in 1996. [23] The limited liability partnership was formed in the aftermath of the collapse of real estate and energy prices in Texas in the 1980s.
The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (ULLCA), which includes a 2006 revision called the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, is a uniform act (similar to a model statute), proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL") for the governance of limited liability companies (often called LLCs) by U.S. states.
A company limited by guarantee (CLG) is a type of company where the liability of members in the event the company is wound up is limited to a (typically very small) amount listed in the company's articles or constitution. [1] Most have no share capital, although rare exceptions exist.