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2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships eConference

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2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships eConference
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LLCs, LPs and Partnerships, now in its 33rd year, features a distinguished faculty of practitioners and academics covering the latest developments in unincorporated entities. The program provides great forms, model agreements, coverage of best practices for key clauses and provisions, and analyzes issues faced by practitioners.
2024 highlights include:
  • Two-part Case Law Updates Showcasing a survey of recent Texas cases addressing significant issues (fiduciary duties, piercing the entity veil, and more) in the context of LLCs and partnerships (including limited partnerships and LLPs).
  • Hear the latest developments affecting members, owners, and partners in the areas of employment, including enforcement of non-competition and nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality and more.
  • “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”: S Corp, LLC, and Partnership Divisions, examines how to spin-off, split-off, or split-up a passthrough entity, including business and tax considerations and pitfalls for the unaware.
  • The Security of State provides updates and resources to make tour transactions with the office easier including information on their system modernization program with a review of online service available in the new SOS portal.
  • Explore practical considerations for business lawyers and their clients when businesses are considering bankruptcy.
  • Earn 3.00 hours of legal ethics including a presentation on Integrating the New Texas Disciplinary Rules and Changes Into Your Practice.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides No Materials

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 12.00 | 3.00 ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • Specialization: Civil Appellate Law | Consumer and Commercial Law | Civil Trial Law | Tax Law
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 8/31/2026

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1. Case Law Update Part 1 (Sep 2024)

Elizabeth S. Miller, Douglas K. Moll

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Session 1 —51 mins 0.75

Case Law Update Part 1 (Sep 2024)

A survey of recent Texas cases addressing significant issues (fiduciary duties, piercing the entity veil, and more) in the context of LLCs and partnerships (including limited partnerships and LLPs).

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Elizabeth S. Miller, Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
Douglas K. Moll, University of Houston Law Center - Houston, TX

2. Fiduciary Duties and LLC’s (Sep 2024)

Cliff Ernst, John C. Ale

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Session 2 —45 mins 0.75

Fiduciary Duties and LLC’s (Sep 2024)

A review of Texas law related to the fiduciary duties of managers, officers and members of Texas LLCs, including a recent trend related to informal fiduciary duties.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Cliff Ernst, McGinnis Lochridge - Austin, TX
John C. Ale, Attorney and Arbitrator (Retired) - Houston, TX

3. Individual Members and Partners Part 1: Overview and Recent Developments (Sep 2024)

Lawrence Morales II

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Individual Members and Partners Part 1: Overview and Recent Developments (Sep 2024)

A discussion of recent developments in the area of employment law that may impact individual owners and employees of LLC's and partnerships including the recent U.S. Supreme Court holdings in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis and Federal Trade Commission non-competition rules.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Lawrence Morales II, The Morales Firm, P.C. - San Antonio, TX

4. Individual Members and Partners Part 2: Getting Granular (Sep 2024)

Kayla Landeros, Baili B. Rhodes

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Session 4 —41 mins 0.75

Individual Members and Partners Part 2: Getting Granular (Sep 2024)

A discussion of “what happens next” when a member, partner, or owner leaves an entity and how to handle contentious exits. During our presentation we address enforcement of non-competition and nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality and intellectual property issues, how to enforce buy-sell provisions, and what to do if your entity does not have exit mechanisms.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Kayla Landeros, Baylor Law School - Temple, TX
Baili B. Rhodes, West, Webb, Allbriton & Gentry, P.C. - College Station, TX

5. Is This Really the Law? (Sep 2024)

Trenton Hood

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Is This Really the Law? (Sep 2024)

Whose “default” is it? A review of select provisions of the TBOC that may surprise you when operating agreements don’t address an issue and instead rely on the statutory default.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Trenton Hood, Winstead PC - Dallas, TX

6. I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do): Celebrity Entities and Entanglements (Sep 2024)

Ken Pajak

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Session 6 —45 mins 0.75

I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do): Celebrity Entities and Entanglements (Sep 2024)

An examination of special purpose business structures in the entertainment industry, commonly known as "Loan-Out” companies, and issues that arise when celebrities, such as actors, musicians, athletes, famous doctors, etc. utilize these Loan-Out companies to own their intellectual properties and provide their professional services, including a discussion of related ligation such as Hall v. Oates (2023).

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Ken Pajak, Pajak Law, PLLC - Austin, TX

7. Case Law Update Part 2 (Sep 2024)

Elizabeth S. Miller, Douglas K. Moll

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Case Law Update Part 2 (Sep 2024)

Continuation of a survey of recent Texas cases addressing significant issues (fiduciary duties, piercing the entity veil, and more) in the context of LLCs and partnerships (including limited partnerships and LLPs).

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Elizabeth S. Miller, Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
Douglas K. Moll, University of Houston Law Center - Houston, TX

8. Corporate Transparency Act Part 1: The Law (Sep 2024)

Lauren A. White

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Session 8 —40 mins 0.75 | 0.50 ethics

Corporate Transparency Act Part 1: The Law (Sep 2024)

This presentation provides an overview and review of the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act, including new 2024 FinCEN guidance and a discussion of judicial challenges to the CTA (including the Alabama district court case that ruled the CTA unconstitutional).

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Lauren A. White, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX

9. Corporate Transparency Act Part 2: Ethical and Practical Considerations (Sep 2024)

Charis B. Clawson

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Session 9 —44 mins 0.75 | 0.75 ethics

Corporate Transparency Act Part 2: Ethical and Practical Considerations (Sep 2024)

Various ways to address the Corporate Transparency Act in the context of entity formation, continued operation and client communication.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Charis B. Clawson, Baird, Crews, Schiller and Whitaker, P.C. - Temple, TX

10. “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”: S Corp, LLC and Partnership Divisions (Sep 2024)

Dan G. Baucum, William D. Elliott

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“Breaking Up is Hard to Do”: S Corp, LLC and Partnership Divisions (Sep 2024)

How to spin-off, split-off, or split-up a passthrough entity, business and tax considerations and pitfalls for the unaware. 

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Dan G. Baucum, Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC - Plano, TX
William D. Elliott, Elliott, Thomason & Gibson, LLP - Dallas, TX

11. Mum's the Word: Maintaining Client Confidentiality and Dealing with Ethical Challenges while Working from Anywhere and Everywhere (Sep 2024)

Braxton Wilks

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Mum's the Word: Maintaining Client Confidentiality and Dealing with Ethical Challenges while Working from Anywhere and Everywhere (Sep 2024)

Working remotely and virtual meetings are here to stay. This presentation provides practical suggestions for structuring engagement letters, addressing conflicts of interest, and safeguarding client communications across all mediums.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Braxton Wilks, Winstead PC - Austin, TX

12. Secretary of State Update (Sep 2024)

David R. Eskew

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Session 12 —44 mins 0.75

Secretary of State Update (Sep 2024)

Learn about filing tips and resources that can make your transactions with the Secretary of State (SOS) easier and more predictable; hear updates on our system modernization program, including an overview of online services available in the new SOS Portal.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

David R. Eskew, Texas Secretary of State - Austin, TX

13. Self-Employment Tax for Partners (Sep 2024)

Robert R. Keatinge

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Self-Employment Tax for Partners (Sep 2024)

This panel discusses the current treatment of individuals’ distributive share of partnership income for self-employment tax purposes, including the recent Tax Court pronouncement on treatment of individuals who are limited partners for purposes of state law.  

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Robert R. Keatinge, Holland & Hart LLP - Denver, CO

14. Trademarks and Intellectual Property: What Does the General Business Lawyer Need to Know? (Sep 2024)

Jeffrey M. Becker

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Trademarks and Intellectual Property: What Does the General Business Lawyer Need to Know? (Sep 2024)

An overview of trademark and related intellectual property issues for business lawyers, including the following topics: What is a trademark? How can brands and trademarks be protected? What is the difference between a trademark, a trade secret, a copyright and a patent?

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Jeffrey M. Becker, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX

15. Preparing for a Bankruptcy (Sep 2024)

Simon Mayer

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Session 15 —45 mins 0.75

Preparing for a Bankruptcy (Sep 2024)

A discussion of practical considerations for business lawyers and their clients when businesses are considering bankruptcy.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Simon Mayer, Locke Lord, LLP - Houston, TX

16. Integrating the New Texas Disciplinary Rules and Changes Into Your Practice (Sep 2024)

Claude E. Ducloux

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Session 16 —57 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics

Integrating the New Texas Disciplinary Rules and Changes Into Your Practice (Sep 2024)

This presentation discusses which of the proposed Disciplinary Rules passed, the impact of those rules, and the important changes that lawyers can make to integrate those provisions in daily practice of law.

Originally presented: Jul 2024 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX