Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
In an opinion recently published by California's Second Appellate District — Tuli v. Specialty Surgical Center of Thousand Oaks, LLC — the Court confirmed that the business judgment rule (as described above) applies in LLCs too.
Most management actions are protected from judicial scrutiny by the business judgement rule: absent bad faith, fraud, or breach of a fiduciary duty, the judgement of the managers of a corporation is conclusive.
The business judgment rule protects companies from frivolous lawsuits by assuming that, unless proved otherwise, management is acting in the interests of the corporation and its stakeholders. The rule assumes that managers will not make optimal decisions all the time.
For detailed formation steps, see our Utah Corporation formation guide. Step 1 – Name your Utah corporation. Step 2 – Appoint directors. Step 3 – Choose a Utah registered agent. Step 4 – File the Utah Articles of Incorporation. Step 5 – Create corporate bylaws. Step 6 – Draft a shareholder agreement.
Your rules should, at a minimum, provide the following specifications. Date and time of the annual meeting. Indicate when you want the annual shareholders' meeting to be. Meeting place. Special meetings. Meeting quorum. Meeting notice. Voting and proxies. Action without a meeting. Organization of the meeting.
The owners of a corporation are called “shareholders.” The persons who manage the business and affairs of a corporation are called “directors.” However, state corporate law does provide for shareholders to enter into shareholders' agreements to eliminate the directors and provide for shareholder management.
The rule is a defense to a claim of liability for corporate actions.
Under this standard, a court will uphold the decisions of a director as long as they are made (1) in good faith, (2) with the care that a reasonably prudent person would use, and (3) with the reasonable belief that the director is acting in the best interests of the corporation.