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By Matt Dickstein

Business / Corporate Articles

Business Lawyer -- Corporations & LLCs

Corporations and LLCs

Should You Incorporate Your Business?

Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Business

Classifying a Worker as Employee or Contractor

Reduce your Personal Liability from your Business

Operating a California Corporation

Cumulative Voting Explained

Shareholders and Partners

Buy-Sell Agreements

Using Involuntary Dissolution to Resolve Shareholder & Partner Disputes

Business Joint Ventures

Structuring a Joint Venture (Syndicate)

How to Bring in a New Partner (short summary)

How to Bring in a New Partner (long version)

Stock Option Plans - 7 Article Series

1. Overview
2. Equity Plans – Stock Options and Restricted Stock
3. Stock Option Plans
4. Restricted Stock Plans
5. Company Buy-Back and Repurchase of Stock Options and Restricted Stock
6. Cash Plans, Phantom Stock Plans and Stock Appreciation Rights
7. Summary and Plan of Action

Try also this article: Early Exercise for Your Company's Plan

Buying and Selling a Business

Buying and Selling a Business

Valuation Issues in Buying and Selling a Business

Exit and Succession Planning

Exit & Succession Planning (Short Summary)

Exit & Succession Planning (Long Version)

Non-Competition

Non-Competition Agreements at 100mph

Can a Former Employee Steal Your Customers?

May a Doctor (Dentist) Compete Against a Former Practice?

Franchise Non-Competition Agreements in California

Franchise Law

Franchise Lawyer

Helping Start-up Franchisors

Helping Existing Franchisors

Helping Franchisees

Should I Franchise My Business?

How to Start a Franchise System

Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Franchisee

The Franchise Disclosure Document 

California Franchise Registration

Setting Up an Ongoing Franchise Compliance and Housekeeping System

Franchise Non-Competition Agreements in California

Termination or Non-Renewal of a Franchise

Legal Claims and Defenses in Franchise Litigation

What’s the Difference Between a Franchise and --        Seller Assisted Marketing Plans, Business Opportunities, Multilevel Marketing, Salespersons, Licenses, Distributorships?

Professional Corporations and Professional Practices

Lawyer for Professional Practices

Medical Corporations and Medical Practices -

Overview
Should you incorporate your medical practice?
Legal compliance checklist for a medical corporation
Regulatory compliance for medical practices
Classifying a physician as employee or contractor
Physician employment and independent contractor agreements
Termination clauses in physician employment and contractor agreements
Compensation structures for a group medical practice
Stark and Anti-Kickback laws regarding the compensation structure of a group medical practice
Shareholder buy-sell agreements for medical corporations
May a physician compete against his or her former practice?
Bringing a new physician into a medical practice
Physician recruitment agreements
Professional service agreements for hospital-based physicians
Buying and selling a medical practice
Preparing to sell your solo medical practice
Merging medical practices
Leases for medical offices
How a non-licensed person works with a medical practice; administrative / management service companies
Leaving a medical practice / closing a medical practice

Dental Corporations and Dental Practices -

Overview
Should you incorporate your dental practice?
Legal compliance checklist for a dental corporation
Dentist employment and independent contractor agreements
Classifying a dentist as employee or contractor
Compensation structures for group dental practices
Shareholder buy-sell agreements for dental corporations
May a dentist compete against his or her former practice?
Bringing a new dentist into a dental practice
Buying and selling a dental practice
Preparing to sell a solo dental practice
Merging dental practices
Leases for dental offices
How a non-licensed person works with a dental practice; administrative / management service companies
Leaving a dental practice / closing a dental practice

Veterinary Corporations and Veterinary Practices -

Overview
Should you incorporate your veterinary practice?
Legal compliance checklist for a veterinary corporation
Classifying a veterinarian as employee or contractor
Veterinarian employment and independent contractor agreements
Shareholder buy-sell agreements for veterinary corporations
May a veterinarian compete against his or her former practice?
Bringing a new veterinarian into a vet practice
Buying and selling a veterinary practice
Preparing to sell a solo veterinary practice
Leaving a veterinary practice / closing a veterinary practice

Accountancy Corporations and Accounting Practices - 9 Article Series:

1. Overview
2. Should you incorporate your accounting practice?
3. Legal compliance checklist for an accountancy corporation 
4. Accountant employment and independent contractor agreements
5. Shareholder buy-sell agreements for accountancy corporations
6. May an accountant compete against his or her former practice?
7. Bringing a new accountant into a practice
8. Buying and selling an accounting practice
9. Leaving an accounting practice / closing an accounting practice

Real Estate Investors

Lawyer for Real Estate Investors

Structuring Real Estate Joint Ventures

Evictions & Unlawful Detainers

Foreclosure Evictions / Unlawful Detainers

Starting a Commercial Eviction: the 3-Day Notice

Understanding Commercial Leases

Common Area Maintenance (CAM) in a Commercial Lease

Commercial Lease Terms - Advanced

Leases for Medical and Dental Offices

Title Insurance in Real Estate Purchases

Strategies for Negotiating a Construction Contract

Miscellaneous Articles

Listening

Say No To Spring Cleaning

Strategies in Negotiation

Maximizing Your Legal Dollars

Terminating Employment: Fire the Bum.