24-586: LLL may refer to: Businesses and organisations [ edit ] L3 Technologies , an American defense contractor formerly with the NYSE stock symbol LLL La Leche League , an organization that promotes breastfeeding Education [ edit ] LL.L ( Legum Licentiatus ), a degree in civil law at various Canadian universities (especially in Québec) Lifelong learning Lambda Lambda Lambda ,
48-672: A co-ed fraternity Entertainment [ edit ] Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards , the first of a series of video games Love's Labour's Lost , a comedy by William Shakespeare Landau, Luckman, and Lake , a fictional holding company in Marvel Comics LLL, the production code for the 1972 Doctor Who serial The Sea Devils "L. L. L.", a 2015 song by Myth & Roid Military units [ edit ] Loyal Lusitanian Legion ,
72-468: A discrete legal capacity (or "personality"), perpetual succession , and a common seal . Except for some senior positions, companies remain unaffected by the death, insanity, or insolvency of an individual member. The English word, " company ", has its origins in the Old French term compagnie (first recorded in 1150), meaning "society, friendship, intimacy; body of soldiers", which came from
96-648: A foreign volunteer corps of the British Army, that fought in the Peninsular War Religion [ edit ] Lutheran Laymen's League, also known as Lutheran Hour Ministries , a Christian outreach ministry "Lunatic, Liar, or Lord", a common summary of Lewis's trilemma , a theological argument from C. S. Lewis Science, technology, computing [ edit ] Low-level programming language , such as machine code or assembly Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász lattice basis reduction algorithm ,
120-598: A lawsuit with the U.S. Government. L3 was accused of knowingly providing the U.S. military with optics that failed in extreme temperatures and humid weather conditions. These sights were provided to infantry and special operations forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as civilians and law enforcement. The civil fraud lawsuit was filed by Preet Bharara , in the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleged L3 officials have known since 2006 that
144-526: A legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duties according to the publicly declared incorporation published policy. When a company closes, it may need to be liquidated to avoid further legal obligations. Companies may associate and collectively register themselves as new companies; the resulting entities are often known as corporate groups . A company can be defined as an "artificial person", invisible, intangible, created by or under law, with
168-490: A mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Over time, companies have evolved to have the following features: "separate legal personality, limited liability, transferable shares, investor ownership, and a managerial hierarchy". The company, as an entity, was created by the state which granted the privilege of incorporation. Companies take various forms, such as: A company can be created as
192-606: A polynomial time lattice reduction algorithm Lowest Landau level , wave functions in quantum mechanics Lovász local lemma , a lemma in probability theory Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, now known as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , a scientific research laboratory in the United States One of the programming languages used in Ethereum Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
216-586: The Late Latin word companio ("one who eats bread with you"), first attested in the Salic law ( c. AD 500) as a calque of the Germanic expression gahlaibo (literally, "with bread"), related to Old High German galeipo ("companion") and to Gothic gahlaiba ("messmate"). By 1303, the word company referred to trade guilds . The usage of the term company to mean "business association"
240-407: The shareholders . In a company limited by guarantee , this will be the guarantors. Some offshore jurisdictions have created special forms of offshore company in a bid to attract business for their jurisdictions. Examples include segregated portfolio companies and restricted purpose companies. However, there are many sub-categories of company types that can be formed in various jurisdictions in
264-646: The US federal government. A US Department of Defense investigation had reportedly found that the company had, "used a highly sensitive government computer network to collect competitive business information for its own use." A US federal criminal investigation ended the temporary suspension on July 27, 2010. On November 4, 2010, L3 issued a part purge notification to prevent future use of Chinese counterfeit parts, but did not notify its customers whose display systems suffered from much higher than expected failure rates. In 2015, L3 Technologies agreed to pay $ 25.6 million to settle
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#1732782596792288-659: The United Kingdom, a partnership is not legally a company, but may sometimes be referred to (informally) as a "company". It may be referred to as a "firm" . In the United States , a company is not necessarily a corporation. For example, a company may be a " corporation , partnership , association, joint-stock company , trust , fund , or organized group of persons , whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent , for any of
312-520: The company changed its name from L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. to L3 Technologies, Inc. to better reflect the company's wider focus since its founding in 1997. The company's website changed from L-3com.com to L3T.com, but the company's NYSE ticker symbol of LLL remained the same. In 2010, it was announced that L3's Special Support Programs Division had been suspended by the United States Air Force from doing any contract work for
336-412: The foregoing". Less common types of companies are: When "Ltd" is placed after the company's name, it signifies a limited company, and "PLC" ( public limited company ) indicates that its shares are widely held. In the legal context, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the "members". In a company limited or unlimited by shares (formed or incorporated with a share capital), this will be
360-558: The holographic sights being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan failed to perform as advertised in extreme temperature ranges. The lawsuit alleges that the FBI independently discovered the thermal drift defect, where the point-of-aim would shift when the sights were exposed to temperature extremes, in March 2015 and presented EOTech with "the very same findings that the company had documented internally for years. Shortly thereafter, EOTech finally disclosed
384-423: The reputation of the exchange or particular market of an exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders. A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors;
408-521: The thermal drift defect to the DoD." According to court documents, EOTech had advertised that its sights performed in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and in humid conditions. 40°44′57″N 73°58′33″W / 40.7492°N 73.9757°W / 40.7492; -73.9757 Company A company , abbreviated as co. , is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural , juridical or
432-499: The title LLL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LLL&oldid=1254440025 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages L3 Technologies L3 Technologies , formerly L-3 Communications Holdings ,
456-406: The world. Companies are also sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies . Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a stock exchange which imposes listing requirements / Listing Rules as to the issued shares, the trading of shares and future issue of shares to help bolster
480-648: Was an American company that supplied command and control , communications , intelligence , surveillance and reconnaissance ( C3ISR ) systems and products, avionics , ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation , aerospace , and navigation products. Its customers included the Department of Defense , Department of Homeland Security , United States Intelligence Community , NASA , aerospace contractors, and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers. In 2019, it merged with Harris Corporation to form L3Harris Technologies . L3
504-646: Was first recorded in 1553, and the abbreviation "co." dates from 1769. According to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China , companies include the limited liability company and joint-stock limited company which founded in the mainland China. In English law and in legal jurisdictions based upon it, a company is a body corporate or corporation company registered under the Companies Acts or under similar legislation. Common forms include: In
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#1732782596792528-672: Was headquartered in Murray Hill, Manhattan , New York City . L3 was formed as L-3 Communications in 1997 to acquire certain business units from Lockheed Martin that had previously been part of Loral Corporation . These units had belonged to Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta , which had merged three years before in 1993. The company was founded by (and named for) Frank L anza and Robert L aPenta in partnership with L ehman Brothers . Lanza and LaPenta had both served as executives at Loral and Lockheed. As of 2017, L3
552-666: Was organized under four business segments: Frank Lanza, CEO and co-founder, died on June 7, 2006. CFO Michael T. Strianese was named as interim CEO, and was later appointed Chairman, President and CEO of the company on October 23, 2006. In 2015, former Lockheed Martin executive Christopher E. Kubasik was named president and COO, with Strianese remaining as chairman and CEO. On July 19, 2017, Strianese announced that he would retire as CEO on December 31, 2017, to be succeeded by Kubasik, but would remain as board chairman. As of January 1, 2018, Christopher E. Kubasik became chief executive officer and president of L3 Technologies. L3 Technologies
576-406: Was originally named L-3 Communications for the last initials of its founders Frank Lanza, Robert LaPenta, and Lehman Brothers . Despite the similarity in naming, there is no corporate connection between L3 Technologies, formerly known as L-3 Communications, and networking provider Level 3 Communications , whose name is often abbreviated "L3" in informal industry communication. On December 31, 2016,
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