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June 1, 2016Rebecca Todd
What is the Scope and Effect of the Copyright Act’s Preemption of a State Law Claim For Theft or Misappropriation of Trade Secrets? What Evidence is Insufficient to Avoid Summary Judgment in Favor of the Defendant?
Spear Mktg. v. BancorpSouth Bank, 791 F.3d 586 (5th Cir. 2015)
November 1, 2012Adrienne Randle Bond, Allen Sparkman
The Series LLC: a New Planning Tool
Texas adopted new provisions permitting the creation and operation of series limitedliability companies (the “Series LLC”) under Texas law in 2009.1 This paper discusses thestate of law on Series LLCs under the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”) withsome consideration of other jurisdictions’ laws and practice pointers for resolving the issuespresented by the statutory formulation for the Series LLC. After discussing what Series LLCsare and can do, the paper will analyze points of ambiguity and development where the resultsof the use of the Series structure may not be perfectly clear. This vehicle for formation is stillunder development, but, in the right circumstances, presents an elegant solution to ownershipand management of closely related, but not identical, groups of assets.