| LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AT 20: CUTTING EDGE ISSUES
Sponsored with Business Law and Financial Services Concentration and the Massachusetts Bar Association
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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Limited Liability Companies, LLCs, began with Revenue Ruling 88-76, 1988-2 CB 360 on September 2, 1988. In the two decades since, LLCs have grown from a peculiar form of entity, to the predominant form of organization for small business. In 2006 the number of new LLCs grew by 2.8 % (from 12,283 to 12,639) while the number of new corporations actually declined by 10.2% (from 10,953 to 9,831), and in Delaware, the total number of LLCs is more than 40% higher than the total number of corporations.
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the advent of this significant form of business organization, national experts who have watched and helped to develop LLC law gather to provide their insight and analysis. You will hear the authors of the three principal treatises on LLCs, as well as others who have shepherded the development of LLCs, give detailed explanation of the current state of the law.
You will learn about cutting-edge issues on the use of LLCs such as single-member LLCs, the rights of members’ creditors, how disputes within the LLC must be resolved, the future of Delaware’s contractual approach to LLCs, and LLCs as – and as a vehicle for use in joint ventures of – nonprofit organizations. Find out how to apply the latest judicial and legislative developments. Gain an understanding of the current law of LLCs and its provenance and what it means for the development of the LLC and the decisions you are making for clients.
Attend and Learn:
- Who should use an LLC with a non-profit organization
- What the courts are thinking about this form of entity and the way in which disputes concerning it are resolved
- Where it is appropriate to think of an LLC as a contract
- Why the LLC has become the dominent form of entity
- How the practitioner should fit the LLC into an understanding of business organizational law
- When the special rules applicable to the assignment of a membership interest and charging orders can yield unexpected results
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Professor Carter G. Bishop
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Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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J. William Callison
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Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO |
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Professor Ann E. Conaway
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Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE |
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Kristin A. DeKuiper, Esq.
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Holland + Knight LLP, Boston, MA |
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Joanne D.C. Foley, Esq.
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Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA |
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Professor Thomas E. Geu
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University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, SD |
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Robert R. Keatinge
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Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO
Visiting Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Professor Daniel S. Kleinberger
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William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
Director, Mitchell Fellows Program |
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Professor Elizabeth S. Miller
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Baylor University School of Law, Waco, TX |
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Professor Larry E. Ribstein
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Mildred van Voorhis Jones Chair, University of Illinois College of Law
Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law |
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Thomas E. Rutledge, Esq.
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Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Louisville, KY |
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Walter Van Buskirk, Esq.
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Sullivan & Worcester, LLP, Boston, MA |
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Not Able to Attend the Live Presentation?
View the Live Webcast | If you are unable to travel to Boston, we invite you to participate in the live webcast. You will have access to the course materials and be able to see and hear the presentations as if you were in the room. All necessary software is free. If you participate on the day of the course, you will be able to email questions to the presenters. If you miss any of the live presentation, you will have access to the archived online course, which will be available for at least three months. Register before June 4 so that we can provide a username and password to access the course. Please click here to register for the online program.
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM |
| Carter G. Bishop, Robert R. Keatinge and Thomas E. Rutledge Co-Chairs
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| 9:10 |
ARE COURTS DEVELOPING A UNIQUE THEORY OF LLC (OR SIMPLY BORROWING FROM OTHER FORMS, AND, IF SO, WHICH)? A REVIEW OF THE CASE LAW |
| Elizabeth S. Miller
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| 9:30 |
LLCS IN THE NON-PROFIT WORLD |
| Robert R. Keatinge
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| 10:05 |
WHAT SINGLE-MEMBER LLCs TELL US ABOUT LLC THEORY |
| Carter G. Bishop
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| 10:25 |
LLCs SHOULD NOT WEAR DERIVATIVE SUITS |
| Larry E. Ribstein
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| 10:45 |
PANEL DISCUSSION |
| Kristin DeKuiper, Joanne D.C. Foley and Walter Van Buskirk
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| 12:00 |
LUNCH (On your own) |
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| 1:30 |
THE PLIGHT OF THE BARE NAKED ASSIGNEE |
| Daniel S. Kleinberger
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| 1:50 |
EXTERNAL ENTITIES AND INTERNAL AGGREGATES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CHARGING ORDER |
| Thomas E. Rutledge
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| 2:10 |
DEATH OF CONTRACTUALISM IN LLCs |
| Ann E. Conaway
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| 3:00 |
WHAT'S IN A NAME? DISTINGUISHING LLCs, MEMBERS AND MANAGERS BY DESIGNATION |
| J. William Callison
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| 3:20 |
SHOULD THERE BE A SINGLE THEORY OF LLCs? IF YOU SEE A FORK IN THE BRIDGE... |
| Thomas E. Geu
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Friday, June 13, 2008 |
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Tuition for the program is $299.00; $249.00 for Suffolk alumni, attorneys admitted to the bar after 2005, members of the MBA and MSCPA. INFORMATION REGARDING CHECK PAYMENTS
Suffolk University processes checks electronically using the information on the check to create an electronic funds transfer. Each time you send a check, you authorize a one time transfer of funds to be electronically withdrawn from your bank account. You will not receive your cancelled check as Suffolk University is required to destroy the check after it has been processed. For more information please contact the Office of the Bursar at 617-573-8407.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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This course will provide CLE credit in RI, NH, VT and ME. It will also provide 7.0 CPE Credits by the MSCPA.
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