2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships eConference

Case Law Update (Dec 2025)

A survey of recent Texas cases addressing significant issues (fiduciary duties, piercing the entity veil, and more) in the context of LLCs and partnerships (including limited partnerships and LLPs).

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Elizabeth S. Miller, Baylor Law School - Waco, TX

Professional Partnerships (Dec 2025)

A discussion of issues involved in establishing a professional partnership and examination of a model partnership agreement for a limited liability partnership.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Cliff Ernst, McGinnis Lochridge - Austin, TX

Securities Laws and Unincorporated Entities (Dec 2025)

What is a security? How federal and state securities laws may apply to investments in limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and general partnerships.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Christine Hurt, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - Dallas, TX

Acquisitions and Dispositions of Partnership Interests (Dec 2025)

A discussion of structuring alternatives in acquisitions and dispositions of interests in partnerships, including taxable and tax-free acquisitions, basis adjustments, disproportionate distributions and more.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Stephen A. Kuntz, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Houston, TX
Robert Phillpott, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Houston, TX

What Constitutes a Company Agreement? (Dec 2025)

This panel discusses what a company agreement or partnership agreement is for purposes of the statute, and how it's contents are determined. They consider some of the ethical considerations attendant to an attorney’s advising the members or partners with respect to the operating agreement.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Chris Bankler, Jackson Walker LLP - Dallas, TX
Christine Hurt, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - Dallas, TX
Robert R. Keatinge, Holland & Hart LLP - Denver, CO

Athletes and Entertainers Setting Up a Business Entity (Dec 2025)

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Arielle S. Comer, Comer Law Group - Dallas, TX
Dane Dixon, Dane Royce Legal Group, PLLC - Atlanta, GA

Tax Planning Opportunities for Small Businesses: Re-evaluating the Toolbox after the OBBBA (Dec 2025)

A new look at the business and tax factors affecting your client’s choice of entity following the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Is the LLC still the top option, or have corporations taken the lead?

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Dan G. Baucum, FBFK Law - Plano, TX

Litigating Company Agreements and How to Avoid Common Pitfalls (Dec 2025)

Explore common litigation issues that arise from company agreements and potential ways to address those issues such as, officer or director fiduciary duties, indemnification, venue, applicable procedure and laws, arbitration, and available remedies.  

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

C. John Muller IV, CJMA Business Law and Litigation - San Antonio, TX
Oliver Peter Thoma, West Webb Allbritton & Gentry, P.C. - College Station, TX

Living with the Changes in the Federal Regulatory Landscape (Dec 2025)

Each of our clients is subject to federal regulation by administrative agencies from the IRS to FinCEN, FERC to OSHA. The rules and agencies are changing profoundly because of recent court rulings, executive orders, and presidential memoranda actions. This panel provides an overview of the transformation of the administrative regulatory process and suggest methods of dealing with the questions that these changes raise.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Jessica Asbridge, Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
Robert R. Keatinge, Holland & Hart LLP - Denver, CO

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Dec 2025)

A discussion centered on IP concerns and what to watch out for when applying AI use models and negotiating AI related agreements. 

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Skyla R. Banks, Amplitude, Inc. - Dallas, TX
Bria Riley, Citibank, N.A. - Dallas, TX

Protecting the Interest of Assignees (Dec 2025)

Statutes provide default rules for what happens on the death or divorce of a partner or LLC member, most of which can be varied in the partnership or company agreement. A review of frequent issues owners should address before a death or divorce occurs.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

John C. Ale, Attorney and Arbitrator (Retired) - Houston, TX
Sallee S. Smyth, Attorney at Law - Richmond, TX
Jennifer Klein Strauss, Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP - Houston, TX

Secretary of State Update (Dec 2025)

Learn about filing tips and resources that can make your transactions with the Secretary of State (SOS) easier and more predictable; hear updates on the agency’s ongoing system modernization program, including an overview of online services both available now as well as under development in the new SOSPortal.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

David R. Eskew, Texas Secretary of State - Austin, TX

Legislative Update on 2025 TBOC Amendments (Dec 2025)

A report on 2025 Texas legislation amending the Texas Business Organizations Code and some other Texas legislation of interest.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Daryl B. Robertson, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Dallas, TX

Insurance for M&A Transactions (Dec 2025)

Representations and warranties insurance and tax insurance related to M&A transactions: When is it appropriate? How much does it cost? How does it affect negotiating and drafting the transaction documents? Where is the market?

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Trenton Hood, Winstead PC - Dallas, TX
James Chenoweth, Alliant Insurance Services - Houston, TX
Vipul Patel, Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions - Chicago, IL

Update on TX Business Courts (Dec 2025)

An introduction to the Texas Business Court, the road so far, and where things may be headed in light of recent legislative changes.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Hon. Melissa Andrews, Texas Business Court, Third Division - Austin, TX
Hon. Patrick Sweeten, Texas Business Court, Third Division - Austin, TX

Cyberjustice Interrupted: How Ransomware Turns Risk Into Liability (Dec 2025)

This CLE explores how ransomware and cyberattacks are impacting law firms and small businesses highlighting their legal, operational, financial, and compliance consequences. Participants gain practical insights into litigation trends, evolving cybersecurity threats, and how to build a human-centered defense through staff training, behavior-based awareness programs, and proactive risk mitigation. The session closes with actionable steps to lower risks and strengthen firm-wide defenses.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships

Stefanie Alexander, Attorney at Law, PLLC - Houston, TX
Melecia McLean, MeltalksCyber - New York, NY

(BONUS SESSION) Readable Legal Writing (Nov 2025)

Draw on empirical research to identify 10 strategies for making legal writing more concise, readable, and interesting. Those strategies include plainer prose, clearer transitions, and better use of narrative techniques. Look at examples of the 10 strategies and consider straightforward ways to integrate them into our own writing.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar

Kayla Oliver, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX