The Revised Uniform Partnership Act


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This Article is a brief overview of what the Reporters believe to be the four basic contributions of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA or Act). First, RUPA changes the law of partnership breakups and gives greater stability to partnerships by abandoning the traditional rule that a partnership is dissolved every time a member leaves. Second, RUPA makes clear that partners are not fiduciaries among themselves in the same sense as disinterested trustees. Specifically, RUPA states that partners legitimately may pursue self-interest without automatically running afoul of their fiduciary duties. On the other hand, RUPA provides an irreducible core of fiduciary duties among partners. Third, RUPA rewrites the rules on the nature and transfer of partnership property. It adopts an entity approach for the sake of simplicity and provides for the filing of partnership statements, including statements of partnership authority, dissociation, and dissolution. Fourth, RUPA for the first time expressly authorizes the conversion and merger of partnerships and provides "safe-harbor" rules for those transactions.



















Bromberg and Ribstein on Limited Liability Partnerships, the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 2012 Edition


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Fully up-to-date, the 2012 Edition of Bromberg and Ribstein on Limited Liability Partnerships, the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act gives you today's most complete, insightful analysis of how recent statutory and judicial developments are transforming modern partnership law. the new edition of this fast-action guide to RUPA and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001) also provides coverage of the LLP statutes currently in force in all states and the District of Columbia. Expert authors Bromberg and Ribstein help you master the statutory foundation of partnership law. In nine concise chapters, they explain how to: structure LLPs for maximum liability protection resolve choice of law problems and other litigation issues manage the impact of non-partnership laws, including tax treatment of LLPs This convenient guide puts at your fingertips: comparison of business forms, including a time saving decision tree quick reference charts of LLP formation requirements for all 50 states authoritative, section-by-section analysis of the latest versions of RUPA and ULPA full text of RUPA and ULPA, plus selected state LLC statutes tables comparing key provisions of state LLP statutes, including liability shields and foreign LLP provisions a handy 11-point checklist for reviewing LLP partnership agreements a separate chapter on LLLPs - limited liability limited partnerships application of nonpartnership law to limited liability partnerships, including tax, securities, bankruptcy, and more Put this indispensable edition to work in your practice today!