Current as of: 2009 No action may be brought in this state for violations of this chapter by a member in the right of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company unless the plaintiff is a member at the time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains, or the plaintiff's membership interests thereafter devolved upon the plaintiff by operation of law from a person that was a member at such time. 1. In any action thereafter instituted in the right of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company by the member, the court having jurisdiction, upon final judgment and finding that the action was brought without reasonable cause, may require the plaintiff to pay the parties named as defendant the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys, incurred by them in defense of such action. 2. In any action now pending or hereafter instituted or maintained in the right of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company by the owner of less than five percent of the membership interests, unless the membership interest of such owner has a market value in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, the limited liability company in whose right such action is brought is entitled at any time before final judgment to require the plaintiff to give security for the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, that may be incurred by it in connection with such action or may be incurred by other parties named as defendant for which it may become legally liable. a. Market value must be determined on the date the plaintiff institutes the action or, in the case of an intervenor, on the date the intervenor becomes a party to the action. b. The amount of the security may from time to time be increased or decreased, in the discretion of the court, upon showing that the security provided has or may become inadequate or is excessive. c. The limited liability company has recourse to such security in such amount as the court having jurisdiction determines upon the termination of the action, whether or not the court finds the action was brought without reasonable cause. ________________________________________________________________________
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