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Legal Articles Library:
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will continue to post articles of legal interest. Please feel
free to call me if you want to discuss the issues and ideas raised in
these articles.
I
apologize for the small amount of articles. Nearly all
documents in my legal database are legal forms and outlines. Legal
forms and outlines are technical in nature and make for bad reading.
Franchise Law
Should I Franchise My Business?
How to Start a Franchise System
Setting Up an Ongoing Franchise Compliance and Housekeeping System
The Franchise Disclosure Document (the UFOC)
Franchise Non-Competition Agreements in California
California Franchise Registration
What’s the Difference Between a Franchise
and -- Seller Assisted Marketing Plans, Business Opportunities,
Multilevel Marketing, Salespersons, Licenses, Distributorships?
Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Franchisee
Securities and Private
Offerings
Introduction to Private Offerings and
Private Placements of Securities
Introduction to Federal Securities
Exemptions
Introduction to Federal Regulation
D
How to Find and Solicit Investors for a Private Offering of Securities
How a Management Company, General
Partner or Broker Uses General Advertisements
and Solicitations to Get Investors
Resale of Restricted Securities
When is a Promissory Note a Security?
4 Article Series --
Brokers and Finders in Securities Laws
1. Overview
2. Who is a Broker? – Definition
3. Broker Law for Employees and Directors Who Sell Your
Stock
4. Finders
6 Article Series
-- Private Real Estate Investment Funds
1.
Overview
2.
Legal Structure of the Fund
3.
Manager Compensation
4. Side Letters and Preferential Terms
5.
Securities Law
6.
ERISA
Stock Option Plans
7 Article Series --
Stock Option Plans, Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock and
Other Incentive Plans
for Closely Held Businesses
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
Stock Option Plans - Early Exercise for Your Company's Plan
General Business and Corporate
Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Business
Should You
Incorporate Your Business?
Should
You Incorporate Your Medical (Dental) Practice?
Buy-Sell Agreements
How to Bring in a New Partner (short summary)
How to Bring in a New Partner (long version)
Non-Competition Agreements at 100mph
May
a Former Employee Steal Your Clients?
May a Doctor (Dentist) Compete Against A Former
Practice?
Operating a
California Corporation
Cumulative
Voting Explained
Getting Money - Debt
and Equity Financing for Your Business
Termination of Employment - Fire the Bum
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buying
and Selling a Business
Valuation Issues in Buying and Selling a Business
Buying and Selling a Medical (Dental) Practice
Exit & Succession Planning
Exit & Succession Planning (Short Summary)
Exit &
Succession Planning (Long Version)
Real Estate
Investor Law
Structuring
Real Estate Joint Ventures
6 Article Series
-- Private Real Estate Investment Funds
1.
Overview
2.
Legal Structure of the Fund
3.
Manager Compensation
4. Side Letters and Preferential Terms
5.
Securities Law
6.
ERISA
Evictions & Unlawful Detainers
Foreclosure Evictions / Unlawful Detainers
Title
Insurance in Real Estate Purchases
Strategies for Negotiating a Construction Contract
About Matt
Strategies in
Negotiation
Listening
Say No
To Spring Cleaning
Maximizing Your Legal Dollar
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