| 4. UPA Section 9(3) contains a list of five extraordinary |
acts that require unanimous consent of the partners before the |
partnership is bound. RUPA omits that section. That leaves it |
to the courts to decide the outer limits of the agency power of a |
partner. Most of the acts listed in UPA Section 9(3) probably |
remain outside the apparent authority of a partner under RUPA, |
such as disposing of the goodwill of the business, but |
elimination of a statutory rule will afford more flexibility in |
some situations specified in UPA Section 9(3). In particular, it |
seems archaic that the submission of a partnership claim to |
arbitration always requires unanimous consent. See UPA § |
9(3)(e). |