Attorneys Arianna and Alexander share an office that has a sign reading: "A & A, a law firm." Their billing invoices have bo
th their names on them, and they deposit their earnings and cover the rent from the same account. They do not share profits or have any agreement to be partners. Dexter, a client of Arianna’s for the past two years, sues both Arianna and Alexander, alleging that Arianna committed malpractice. a. If Dexter wins in court and is awarded $50,000 in damages, who is liable to him?
Explanation: This is a general partnership. In a general partnership, all partners are personally liable for all business debts. They do not need to have any agreement to be partners or register their partnership formally to enter into a general partnership. The fact that they share an office, have a joint sign and an account is sufficient to establish this form of partnership.
Also, in a general partnership, each partner is held severally liable, that is if one of them is liable to pay a business debt and cannot afford to pay, the other partner has to.
Charities. It’s important to note that sometimes private solutions to externalities do not work. For example, this occurs when one party repeatedly holds out for a better deal. This describes the problem of (transaction cost, breakdown in bargaining, property held in common)
A place by which an average viewer is likely to be exposed
to an avant-garde cinema or at least its influence is in commercials. Commercials
are defined as something that is being showed or viewed in radio advertisement or
television by which it emphasizes a message that can be done through acting or
any sort of activity that promotes something.
