Two recent federal court decisions establish that managers of financially troubled Missouri limited liability companies do not owe a fiduciary duty to creditors of their troubled enterprises. Imperial Zinc Corp. v. Engineered Products Industries, L.L.C., No. 4:14-CV-1015-AGF, 2016 WL 812695 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 2, 2016); Imperial Zinc Corp. v. Engineered Products Industries, L.L.C., No. 4:16-CV-551-RWS, 2016 W 6611129 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 9, 2016). These cases extend protections to managers of limited liability companies (LLCs) that are similar to those available to officers and directors of a financially troubled corporation.
Fiduciary Duties and Troubled Corporations. The Missouri Limited Liability Company Act expressly imports stan…
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