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Full-Text Articles in Law
Slides: New England Forestry Foundation: Private Forests For The Public Good Since 1944, Frank Reed
Slides: New England Forestry Foundation: Private Forests For The Public Good Since 1944, Frank Reed
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
Presenter: Frank Reed, New England Forestry Foundation
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Limited Liability Companies And Estate Planning, Michael D. Larobina J.D., L.L.M.
Limited Liability Companies And Estate Planning, Michael D. Larobina J.D., L.L.M.
WCBT Faculty Publications
Discusses court cases involving the use of limited liability companies as an estate planning tool in the U.S. Facts of the case of Estate of Strangi versus Commissioner; Stance of the court on the transfers made to the limited partnership; Impact of the case of Kimbell versus U.S. on the use of limited liability companies as estate planning vehicles.
Seven Points To Explain Why The Law Ought Not Allow The Elimination Of Fiduciary Duty Within Closely Held Businesses: Cardozo Is Dead; We Have Killed Him., Daniel S. Kleinberger
Seven Points To Explain Why The Law Ought Not Allow The Elimination Of Fiduciary Duty Within Closely Held Businesses: Cardozo Is Dead; We Have Killed Him., Daniel S. Kleinberger
Faculty Scholarship
Prepared as part of the author's work as co-reporter for the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, this essay argues against legislation that empowers private agreements to eliminate fiduciary duty within a business organization. The essay considers: (i) the venerable role of fiduciary duty within business organizations and the limited predictive powers of those urging radical reform; (ii) the absence of prescience in contract drafters; (iii) the strict construction function of fiduciary law; (iv) the inevitable and inappropriate pressure that elimination would put on the obligation of good faith and fair dealing; (v) the differences in remedy available for fiduciary …
The Closely Held Business Through The Entity-Aggregate Prism, Daniel S. Kleinberger
The Closely Held Business Through The Entity-Aggregate Prism, Daniel S. Kleinberger
Faculty Scholarship
When the law conceptualizes the legal form that houses a closely held business, does it matter whether the law envisages that form as an entity separate from, rather than an aggregate of, the several owners of the business? At one time, this question was at the conceptual core of the law of general partnerships, but the Revised Uniform Partnership Act supposedly put the issue to rest. Moreover, the closely held corporation is emphatically an entity, as is the predominant form of unincorporated organization - the limited liability company. Today, the entity-aggregate question might seem a mere relic of a discarded …
The Lost Distinction Between Agency And Decisional Authority: Unfortunate Consequences Of The Member-Managed Versus Manager-Managed Distinction In The Limited Liability Company, Thomas E. Rutledge
The Lost Distinction Between Agency And Decisional Authority: Unfortunate Consequences Of The Member-Managed Versus Manager-Managed Distinction In The Limited Liability Company, Thomas E. Rutledge
Kentucky Law Journal
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