Definition of limited liability
: liability (as of a stockholder or shipowner) limited by statute or treaty
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Recent Examples on the Web The most notable drop was in starting a business, which evaluates the processes, time and costs to establish a limited liability company, as well as licensing, permitting and more.
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Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, "Phoenix falls in ASU ranking of cities that are best for small businesses in North America," 7 Oct. 2020 The lawsuit was filed by SB IL, Vertical Management and GRI Holdings IL, all limited liability corporations that received perfect scores on their applications.
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Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, "Marijuana license finalists file suit to stop state from giving losers a second chance," 5 Oct. 2020 The current legal owner, a limited liability company based in Dover, Del., purchased the property in August 2018 for $8.25 million and embarked upon a complete renovation, which was completed in a Tropical Modern style this year.
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Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, "Alonzo Mourning’s former home listed for $18.5 million | Photos," 3 Sep. 2020 The Mayor’s Office wrote of the payment suspension in an overnight letter to 101 Ash LLC, the limited liability company apparently formed by seller-broker Cisterra Development to help close the deal.
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Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego Mayor’s Office to suspend all payments on Ash Street lease," 2 Sep. 2020 Ohioans for Energy Security, a limited liability company that spent money to block the effort to stop nuclear subsidies.
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Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, "Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and allies face 162 campaign finance violations in connection with bribery scandal," 27 Aug. 2020 While the fire was burning, an attorney for Singh registered a new limited liability company, Regal Rose, at one of Singh’s business addresses.
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Scott Morris, ProPublica, "The Mystery House: How a Suspicious Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Deal Is Connected to California’s Deadliest Fire," 26 Aug. 2020 When Zuckerberg and Chan launched the CZI as a limited liability corporation in 2015, the couple said that solving the biggest problems facing the next generation would require taking risks and long-term thinking.
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Washington Post, "Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to disrupt philanthropy has a race problem," 16 Aug. 2020 As of mid-June, 25 states had granted limited liability protections to long-term care facilities, either through executive orders or state laws, the Texas Alliance For Patient Access told KXAN-TV in Austin.
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Dallas News, "How visits to Texas nursing homes, assisted-living facilities will work under new coronavirus guidelines," 14 Aug. 2020
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The first known use of limited liability was in 1848
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