eCourse
Answer Bar: LLCs and Partnerships Formation
Contains material from Jul 2017 to Aug 2017
Answer Bar: LLCs and Partnerships Formation
4.74 out of 5 stars
What was the overall quality of the course (presentation, materials, and technical delivery)?
Rate the overall teaching effectiveness and presentation skills of faculty for the course.
How would you rate the value of the materials provided as part of the course?
This was a very good course and had great speakers
Technical Questions?
512.475.6700
service@utcle.org
Session 1: 2017 Case Law Update - A survey of Texas and federal cases involving LLCs and partnerships, including LLPs and limited partnerships, and current developments with respect to fiduciary duties and piercing the veil of limited liability entities.
Session 2: 2017 Texas Legislative Update - Hear a summary of legislation adopted in the 2017 Texas Legislature that affects partnerships and LLCs and selected other entity-related bills.
Session 3: 2017 Secretary of State Update - Discover filing tips, including administrative issues, from the Office of the Secretary of State.
Session 4: "Hello"—Inadvertent Partnerships - Partnerships can arise through the conduct of parties. Explore what makes a relationship a partnership and what to do to avoid partnership characterization.
Session 5: Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools - Keeping the client reasonably informed is required under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct, and doing so is good risk management. Examine how effective engagement letters, disengagement letters, and other communications keep the client reasonably informed and engaged, while helping to control the client’s expectations, promoting effective risk management, and reducing the likelihood of legal malpractice claims.
Session 6: Model Company Agreements - Walk through refinements to the model agreements for simple limited liability companies, including modifications related to the recent legislative changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code.
Session 7: New Partnership Audit Rules—Update and Drafting Considerations - Hear the essentials for drafting new audit rules after the proposed regulations and other developments. Understand how the rules work and what to look for, how the IRS will apply the rules, and how to draft partnership and company agreements with the flexibility to avoid renegotiating and redrafting.
Session 8: "Good Bye"—Buy-Outs or Exits - All good (and not so good) things must come to an end. When owners of an LLC or partnership are ready to part ways, what does one want in the Company Agreement/Partnership Agreement in order to facilitate an orderly exit by the departing owners?
Session 9: Nuts and Bolts Ethics for the Business and Transactional Lawyer - Engage in a practical discussion of current ethics topics related to business and transactional law, including conflicts issues, and attorney migration between firms.
Session 2: 2017 Texas Legislative Update - Hear a summary of legislation adopted in the 2017 Texas Legislature that affects partnerships and LLCs and selected other entity-related bills.
Session 3: 2017 Secretary of State Update - Discover filing tips, including administrative issues, from the Office of the Secretary of State.
Session 4: "Hello"—Inadvertent Partnerships - Partnerships can arise through the conduct of parties. Explore what makes a relationship a partnership and what to do to avoid partnership characterization.
Session 5: Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools - Keeping the client reasonably informed is required under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct, and doing so is good risk management. Examine how effective engagement letters, disengagement letters, and other communications keep the client reasonably informed and engaged, while helping to control the client’s expectations, promoting effective risk management, and reducing the likelihood of legal malpractice claims.
Session 6: Model Company Agreements - Walk through refinements to the model agreements for simple limited liability companies, including modifications related to the recent legislative changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code.
Session 7: New Partnership Audit Rules—Update and Drafting Considerations - Hear the essentials for drafting new audit rules after the proposed regulations and other developments. Understand how the rules work and what to look for, how the IRS will apply the rules, and how to draft partnership and company agreements with the flexibility to avoid renegotiating and redrafting.
Session 8: "Good Bye"—Buy-Outs or Exits - All good (and not so good) things must come to an end. When owners of an LLC or partnership are ready to part ways, what does one want in the Company Agreement/Partnership Agreement in order to facilitate an orderly exit by the departing owners?
Session 9: Nuts and Bolts Ethics for the Business and Transactional Lawyer - Engage in a practical discussion of current ethics topics related to business and transactional law, including conflicts issues, and attorney migration between firms.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
Preview mode.
You must be signed in, have purchased this eCourse,
and the eCourse must be active
to have full access.
Preview Sessions
Show session details
1.
Case Law Update (Jul 2017)
Elizabeth S. Miller
1.00
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 1
—66 mins
Case Law Update (Jul 2017)
A survey of Texas and federal cases involving LLCs and partnerships, including LLPs and limited partnerships, and current developments with respect to fiduciary duties and piercing the veil of limited liability entities.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Elizabeth S. Miller,
Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
Show session details
2.
Texas Legislative Update (Jul 2017)
Daryl B. Robertson
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 2
—45 mins
Texas Legislative Update (Jul 2017)
Hear a summary of legislation adopted in the 2017 Texas Legislature that affects partnerships and LLCs and selected other entity-related bills.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Daryl B. Robertson,
Hunton & Williams LLP - Dallas, TX
Show session details
3.
Secretary of State Update (Jul 2017)
Carmen Flores
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 3
—41 mins
Secretary of State Update (Jul 2017)
Discover filing tips, including administrative issues, from the Office of the Secretary of State.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Carmen Flores,
Office of the Secretary of State - Austin, TX
Show session details
4.
"Hello"—Inadvertent Partnerships (Jul 2017)
John C. Ale
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 4
—44 mins
"Hello"—Inadvertent Partnerships (Jul 2017)
Partnerships can arise through the conduct of parties. Explore what makes a relationship a partnership and what to do to avoid partnership characterization.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
John C. Ale,
Southwestern Energy Company - Spring, TX
Show session details
5.
Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools (Aug 2017)
George W. Coleman, A.J. Singleton
1.00
1.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Slides
(pdf)
6 pgs
Session 5
—61 mins
Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools (Aug 2017)
Keeping the client reasonably informed is required under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct, and doing so is good risk management. Examine how effective engagement letters, disengagement letters, and other communications keep the client reasonably informed and engaged, while helping to control the client’s expectations, promoting effective risk management, and reducing the likelihood of legal malpractice claims.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
George W. Coleman,
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP - Dallas, TX
A.J. Singleton,
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Lexington, KY
Show session details
6.
Model Company Agreements (Jul 2017)
Elizabeth S. Miller, Cliff Ernst
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 6
—49 mins
Model Company Agreements (Jul 2017)
Walk through refinements to the model agreements for simple limited liability companies, including modifications related to the recent legislative changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Elizabeth S. Miller,
Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
Cliff Ernst,
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody - Austin, TX
Show session details
7.
New Partnership Audit Rules—Update and Drafting Considerations (Jul 2017)
Robert R. Keatinge, Barbara Spudis de Marigny
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 7
—45 mins
New Partnership Audit Rules—Update and Drafting Considerations (Jul 2017)
Hear the essentials for drafting new audit rules after the proposed regulations and other developments. Understand how the rules work and what to look for, how the IRS will apply the rules, and how to draft partnership and company agreements with the flexibility to avoid renegotiating and redrafting.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Robert R. Keatinge,
Holland & Hart LLP - Denver, CO
Barbara Spudis de Marigny,
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Houston, TX
Show session details
8.
"Good Bye"—Buy-Outs or Exits (Jul 2017)
Trenton Hood
0.75
0.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 8
—47 mins
"Good Bye"—Buy-Outs or Exits (Jul 2017)
All good (and not so good) things must come to an end. When owners of an LLC or partnership are ready to part ways, what does one want in the Company Agreement/Partnership Agreement in order to facilitate an orderly exit by the departing owners?
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Trenton Hood,
Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC - Waco, TX
Show session details
9.
Nuts and Bolts Ethics for the Business and Transactional Lawyer (Jul 2017)
Claude E. Ducloux, George W. Coleman
1.00
1.00
0.00
Preview Materials
Download session materials for offline use
Session 9
—57 mins
Nuts and Bolts Ethics for the Business and Transactional Lawyer (Jul 2017)
Engage in a practical discussion of current ethics topics related to business and transactional law, including conflicts issues, and attorney migration between firms.
Originally presented: Jul 2017 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
Claude E. Ducloux,
Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
George W. Coleman,
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP - Dallas, TX