464: Listen and Learn -- Partnership Formation

464: Listen and Learn -- Partnership Formation

Author: Alison Monahan and Lee Burgess - Law School Toolbox, LLC August 12, 2024 Duration: 18:47

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we cover the formation and characteristics of three types of partnerships – general partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability partnership. To illustrate these concepts, we also analyze two questions from previous California bar exams.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Formation and characteristics of:
    • General partnerships
    • Limited partnerships
    • Limited liability partnerships
  • Examining partnership liability through hypos

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Alison & Lee


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