# Partnership default

`kaal:entity:partnership-default`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `partnership-default`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2020 to 2021.

**2020**

- [3652481-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-013) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- If DAO members do not formalize a structure for their human created entity, courts are very likely to impose one on them, which is a serious risk of DAO membership.
  > However, a very serious risk is associated with DAO membership in the sense that if the DAO members do not formalize a structure for their human-created entity, courts are very likely to impose one for the members of the DAO.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481
- [3652481-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-014) [condition/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Where no legal entity is involved, partnership rules operate as the default rules that apply to all interactions between parties trying to achieve a common goal.
  > If no legal entity is involved, partnership rules are default rule that apply to all interactions between parties trying to achieve a common goal.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

**2021**

- [3799320-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-009) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Default general partnership treatment would hold every stakeholder of a DAO liable for any debts or legal actions the DAO faces, exposing known participants to regulatory enforcement and civil actions.
  > Many courts and lawyers would describe the relationship between members of a DAO and their investors as the default general partnership which holds every stakeholder of a DAO liable for any debts or legal actions that the DAO may face.
  Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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