(a) If a limited liability company is named as or made a party in a derivative proceeding, the company may appoint a special litigation committee to investigate the claims asserted in the proceeding and determine whether pursuing the action is in the best interests of the company. If the company appoints a special litigation committee, on motion by the committee made in the name of the company, except for good cause shown, the court shall stay discovery for the time reasonably necessary to permit the committee to make its investigation. This subsection does not prevent the court from: (1) Enforcing a person's right to information under section 34-255i; or (2) granting extraordinary relief in the form of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
(b) A special litigation committee must be composed of one or more disinterested individuals, who may be members or managers.
(c) A special litigation committee may be appointed: (1) In a member-managed limited liability company: (A) By the consent of a majority in interest of the members not named as parties in the proceeding; or (B) if all members are named as parties in the proceeding, by a majority in interest of the members named as defendants; or (2) in a manager-managed limited liability company: (A) By a majority of the managers not named as parties in the proceeding; or (B) if all managers are named as parties in the proceeding, by a majority of the managers named as defendants.
(d) After appropriate investigation, a special litigation committee may determine that it is in the best interests of the limited liability company that the proceeding: (1) Continue under the control of the plaintiff; (2) continue under the control of the committee; (3) be settled on terms approved by the committee; or (4) be dismissed.
(e) After making a determination under subsection (d) of this section, a special litigation committee shall file with the court a statement of its determination and its report supporting its determination and shall serve each party with a copy of the determination and report. The court shall determine whether the members of the committee were disinterested individuals and whether the committee conducted its investigation and made its recommendation in good faith, independently, and with reasonable care, with the committee having the burden of proof. If the court finds that the members of the committee were disinterested individuals, and that the committee acted in good faith, independently, and with reasonable care, the court shall enforce the determination of the committee. Otherwise, the court shall dissolve the stay of discovery entered under subsection (a) of this section and allow the action to continue under the control of the plaintiff.
(P.A. 16-97, S. 68.)
History: P.A. 16-97 effective July 1, 2017.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 613a - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Section 34-243. - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.
Section 34-243a. - Definitions.
Section 34-243b. - Knowledge. Notice.
Section 34-243c. - Governing law.
Section 34-243d. - Operating agreement: Scope, function and limitations.
Section 34-243g. - Nature, purpose and duration of limited liability company.
Section 34-243h. - Powers and purposes. Restrictions.
Section 34-243i. - Effective date. Application to existing relationships.
Section 34-243j. - Supplemental principles of law.
Section 34-243k. - Permitted name.
Section 34-243l. - Reservation of name.
Section 34-243m. - Registration of name.
Section 34-243n. - Registered agent.
Section 34-243p. - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 34-243q. - Change of name or address by registered agent.
Section 34-243r. - Service of process, notice or demand.
Section 34-243s. - Delivery of record.
Section 34-243t. - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Section 34-243u. - Fees payable to Secretary of the State. Sales tax not imposed.
Section 34-243w. - Savings clause.
Section 34-247. - Formation of limited liability company. Certificate of organization.
Section 34-247a. - Amendment or restatement of certificate of organization.
Section 34-247b. - Signing of records delivered to Secretary of the State for filing.
Section 34-247c. - Signing and filing of record pursuant to judicial order.
Section 34-247d. - Liability for inaccurate information in filed record.
Section 34-247e. - Filing requirements.
Section 34-247f. - Effective date and time.
Section 34-247g. - Withdrawal of filed record prior to taking effect.
Section 34-247h. - Correcting filed record.
Section 34-247i. - Duties of Secretary of the State re filing and delivery of record.
Section 34-247j. - Certificate of legal existence.
Section 34-247k. - Annual report.
Section 34-251. - Effect of person's status as member.
Section 34-251a. - Liability of members and managers.
Section 34-255. - Becoming a member.
Section 34-255a. - Form of contribution.
Section 34-255b. - Liability for contribution.
Section 34-255c. - Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution.
Section 34-255d. - Limitations on distributions.
Section 34-255e. - Liability for improper distributions.
Section 34-255f. - Management of limited liability company.
Section 34-255g. - Reimbursement, indemnification, advancement and insurance.
Section 34-255h. - Standards of conduct for members and managers.
Section 34-255i. - Rights of member, manager and person disassociated as member to information.
Section 34-259. - Nature of transferable interest.
Section 34-259a. - Transfer of transferable interest.
Section 34-259b. - Charging order.
Section 34-259c. - Power of legal representative of deceased member.
Section 34-263. - Power to dissociate as member. Wrongful dissociation.
Section 34-263a. - Events causing dissociation.
Section 34-263b. - Effect of dissociation.
Section 34-267. - Events causing dissolution.
Section 34-267a. - Winding up.
Section 34-267b. - Reinstatement after dissolution.
Section 34-267c. - Known claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 34-267d. - Other claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 34-267e. - Court proceedings.
Section 34-267f. - Disposition of assets in winding up.
Section 34-267g. - Dissolution by forfeiture.
Section 34-271. - Direct action by member.
Section 34-271a. - Derivative action.
Section 34-271b. - Derivative action. Proper plaintiff.
Section 34-271c. - Derivative action. Pleading.
Section 34-271d. - Derivative action. Special litigation committee.
Section 34-271e. - Derivative action. Proceeds and expenses.
Section 34-275. - Governing law.
Section 34-275a. - Registration to transact business in this state.
Section 34-275b. - Foreign registration statement.
Section 34-275c. - Amendment of foreign registration certificate.
Section 34-275d. - Activities not constituting transacting business in this state.
Section 34-275e. - Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company.
Section 34-275f. - Transfer of registration.
Section 34-275g. - Revocation of foreign registration certificate.
Section 34-275h. - Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign limited liability company.
Section 34-275i. - Action by Attorney General.
Section 34-279. - Definitions.
Section 34-279a. - Applicability of other statutes.
Section 34-279b. - Required notice or approval.
Section 34-279c. - Status of filings.
Section 34-279d. - Nonexclusivity.
Section 34-279e. - Plan reference to external facts.
Section 34-279f. - Applicability of appraisal rights.
Section 34-279g. - Excluded entities and transactions.
Section 34-279h. - Merger authorized.
Section 34-279i. - Action on plan of merging limited liability company.
Section 34-279j. - Filings required for merger. Effective date.
Section 34-279k. - Effect of merger.
Section 34-279l. - Interest exchange authorized.
Section 34-279m. - Plan of interest exchange.
Section 34-279n. - Approval of interest exchange.
Section 34-279o. - Amendment or abandonment of plan of interest exchange.
Section 34-279p. - Certificate of interest exchange. Effective date of interest exchange.
Section 34-279q. - Effect of interest exchange.
Section 34-283. - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 34-283a. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 34-283b. - Savings clause.
Section 34-283c. - Severability clause.