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Partnerships – Contract – Real Property – Division of Profits
Even though the parties have not strictly adhered to the terms of their written 1979 partnership agreement, this does not support the master-in-equity’s finding that no partnership existed. We affirm the master’s holding that plaintiff and defendant Fanning (defendant) each own an undivided one-half interest in the parcel in question, but we reverse the finding […]
Partnerships — Limited Partner – Texas Apartment Complex – General Partner’s Theft – Asset Manager’s Takeover
Global State Investment USA, Inc. v. LAS Properties, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-081-15, 19 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:14-cv-04494; D.S.C. Holding: A limited partner has standing under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act based on its allegations that it was deprived of personal property: its membership interest in a limited partnership. Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss […]
Partnerships — State Court Clarifies Partnership Law
Valentine v. Sugar Rock Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-066-15, 6 pp.) (King, J.) No. 12-2273, April 2, 2015; USDC at Clarksburg, W.Va. (Keeley, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for a plaintiff pursuing an accounting of four mining partnerships and remands this matter, in light of the response of the Supreme […]
Partnerships — Court Strikes Transfer of Shopping Center Interest
Lee Graham Shopping Center LLC v. Estate of Diane Z. Kirsch (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-027-15, 14 pp.) (Shedd, J.) No. 13-2348, Feb. 2, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (O’Grady, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A woman could not transfer her interest in a family partnership that owned a Falls Church shopping center to a trust for […]
Partnership – Agreement – Withdrawal – Lost ‘Rights’
Pellegrin v. Berthelsen Even though the parties’ partnership agreement takes away a partner’s “rights” once he withdraws from the partnership, this provision of the agreement does not prohibit plaintiff - a former partner who withdrew from the partnership — from suing his former partners for partnership dissolution/forced buy-out; breach of fiduciary duty; breach of contract; an[...]
Partnerships – Dissolution – Separation Agreement – Later- Filed Claims – Liability
Dissolution - Separation Agreement - Later- Filed Claims - Liability
Agency and Partnership – Dissolution – Breach of Fiduciary Duty – Management of Assets
Dissolution - Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Management of Assets
Agency and Partnership – General Partnership – Contribution – Partnership Debt
General Partnership - Contribution - Partnership Debt
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Stericycle decision forces evaluation of policies, practices
- Are workplace DEI policies still legal after SCOTUS decisions?
- Court cases add new twists to legal language
- It’s all business, especially the busyness
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
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