Shrink
Wrap License AgreementsYour relationship with your employees doesn't have to be a battle. Spelling out the terms of employment ahead of time can help head off disputes at the pass.
Buying/Selling
Buying a
Business: Basic Rules
Buying a Business
or Its Assets
Buying Shares of
Stock
Hybrid Stock Can Attract Investors
Online Public Offerings - Is The Paper Model Appropriate?
Q&A: Small
Business and the SEC
Things to Know if
Selling a Business
Spinoffs -- A
Cost Free Way to Go Public
Creating an Effective
Business Plan
Contract
Consumer's Guide to Franchising
Keeping Your Contracts Simple--and Enforceable
Employees
Guidelines for
Employers on Sexual Harassment
Employer Responsibilities
Under U.S. Immigration Laws
Credit Reports -
What Employers Should Know
Avoiding Sexual
Harassment- Lessons for Supervisors
Do's and Don't's
for Preventing Theft
Verifying Employee
Immigration Status
Legal &
Illegal Pre-Employment Inquiries
FAQ for Hiring
Independent Contractors
Employer's Guide
to Dealing with Substance Abuse
Employers'
Rights & Responsibilities
Urine Testing Policies of Many Companies
Employer Held Liable for
Monitoring Employees' Phone Calls
Electronic
Privacy Rights In the Workplace
A
Discussion of Family Medical Leave Act Regulations
Verifying Employee
Immigration Status
Employment
Contracts:Non-disclosure and non-compete Agreements
Employers Obligations Under
Recent Amendments to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act
Hiring Someone to Work in Your
Home
Disability Legislation and Legal Issues
Independent Contractors
Independent Contractors
Employment
Discrimination Outline
Independent
Contractor vs. Employee Flowchart
Formation
Starting A
Business- The Basics
Buy - Sell
Agreements: When and Why You May Need One
First Things First:
Structuring Your Business
Tax
Realities of Husband and Wife Sole Proprietorships
Distributors and
Franchisees
Partnership:
Advantages and Disadvantages
Nevada
Corporations- Some Common Mistakes & Strategies that Don't Work
Are You Legally
Permitted to Use Your Chosen Business Name?
Limited Personal
Liability
Business for
Pleasure:Hobby Businesses
Why Pay A Lawyer? Use the Web
Management
Avoid Lawsuits: Teach Employees Law Basics
Organizing
Your Business
Tips to Help
Small Businesses Avoid Lawsuits
Phony Invoice
Schemes
Deducting
Business Entertainment Expenses
Small Claims &
Small Business
Recognizing &
Avoiding Front Money Scams
Tips to Help
Small Businesses Avoid Lawsuits
Avoid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Franchise and Distributorship
Agreements
Law Pointers for
Businesses
Can I Claim a Tax
Deduction for a Part-Time Home-Based Business?
Lock
and Load
Unfair
Competition & Trademark Infringement
Getting Business
Credit
Small Business
Handbook
Law Firm
Fees
Avoiding Employment
Litigation through Alternative Dispute Resolution
Small Business
Information
Law Firm
Fees
Tax
Info for Business
Home-Based
Businesses Aren't Legally Different From Other Businesses
Commercial Lease Checklist
What Laws Govern a
Person's Right to Operate a Business From Home?
Disney Wins Severance Pay Dispute
Is
Your Office Right for Cyberspace?
Home Work
Showcasing Your Company Abroad
Building with Big Brother
Look Before
You Lease
Schemes Against
Business
Yellow Pages
Invoice Scams
Financing
Where Are Your E-Manners?
Mail Monitors
Time to stop and think
Employees
Americans with Disabilities Act
Employees
Independent Contractors
Agreement
Management
Corporate & Securities
Forms
Personal Financial Statement for S-Corporations
Employees
Discretionary
Bonuses Are Not Wages
Discretionary Bonuses Are Not Wages
Discretionary Bonuses Are Not Wages
Management
HG Commercial and
Trade News
Home Business Magazine L
I V E!
HOMEBusiness Journal
Contract
Introduction
to Contract Law
Employees
Basic Info on
Hiring and Firing
Independent Contractors FAQ
What's an
Employee?
Overview of
Independent Contractor Law
Popping the Question
Formation
Starting A
Business - The Basics
How to Incorporate
a Small Business
Starting Block
Management
Introduction to Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks for the Small Business Owner
Introduction to the Web for Business Executives
A Primer on Uniform Standards Act
Buying/Selling
Direct Stock
Market
Stockgroup.com
SEC's "A
Plain English Handbook" Now Available On Line
Employees
National Center for Employee
Ownership
Employment Law NewsTracker
Management
Shareware for
Marketing a Small Business
Small Business
Environmental Homepage
Better Business Bureau
Lexis-Nexis Small Business Service
U.S. Business Advisor
Smart Business
Supersite Legal Information
CFOL.com Commercial Finance
ONLINE!Business Finance Search Engine#
DataMerge
On-line Newsletter
Your Company
US Chamber of Commerce
Your Small
Business.Com
Homebizmart.com
The U.S.A. Home Based
Business Information Superhighway
AAHBB Home Page
Alone At Home Business
Center
Work from Home
Formation
Shareware for
Starting a Small Business
Management
Shareware for
Financing a Small Business
Nolo Press
It's a big step, with long term
effects. An overview of the legal pitfalls in buying a business
Nolo Press
Buying a business might sound
like the fast track to success, but there are some pitfalls.
Nolo Press
Investing in small businesses is
very different from investing in pubic companies.
Looking for capital? Using
preferred stock may make your company more attractive to potential investors.
" While established public companies are beginning to allow investors to purchase
stock online through direct stock purchase plans, offerings by small and nonpublic companies have been
limited in scope because of regulatory restraints." From LJX.
How to take your small business
public.
Suggestions for small business
owners looking to sell their business.
Or are they? Everything has a
cost, and a spinoff is no different.
From American Express, an online
workshop to help you create that all important business plan.
An overview of the pros and cons
of purchasing a franchise.
Writing a contract may seem
simple, but you won't know the problems until you need to enforce the contract.
It's not as complicated as you
might think.
You have responsibilities when
you hire immigrants.
Thinking of checking your
employee's or prospect's credit? Read this first.
Supervisors might be responsible
for the harassment by their employees. Take control.
Protecting your property needs
to be balanced with the rights of your employees.
It is a crime to hire illegal
aliens. Suggestions to protect you and your business.
Nolo Press
Even your prospective employees
have rights.
Nolo Press
Treating an employee like an
independent contractor can have serous legal implications.
Dealing with an employee's
substance abuse involves balancing a number of factors and issues.
Nolo Press
Your employees have rights, even
though they work for you.
Samples of urine testing
policies.
Controlling your workplace needs
to be balanced with your employees rights. You could be liable for violating their rights
Before you read their email, or
scan their disks, make sure you have the right to do so.
Compliance issues with
this federal law regarding family emergencies.
Employers are potentially liable
if they hire illegal aliens.
Covenants not to
compete are the most difficult for the employer to enforce if the provisions are not written
properly.
Hiring workers for the home based business has its own issues and
problems.
Disability law is constantly
changing. An update and overview.
Used by law students when they
are studying for their exams, law school outlines are an excellent way to get an overivew of a
particular topic.
The issues are a bit different
for the small business owner. What form should you use, and why.
Having an agreement with your
partners in the beginning can save you headaches when you want to split up.
The form that your business
takes, partnership, corporation, sole proprietor, can have lasting effects.
Because of our tax structure
and the effect on married couples, being a sole proprietor with your spouse has some special
implications.
The difference has legal
importance to both the distributor and the manufacturer.
Is it better or worse than a
corporation?
Nevada is
becoming the new corporate haven.
Simply because your state
allowed you to incorporate under your chosen name does not mean that you can use the name.
The newest form of doing
business explained.
When does a hobby become a
business.and more importantly, when is a home based business really only a hobby (with no ability to
deduct losses).
Inc.com
Incorporation by Internet?
Proper training can help
businesses avoid lawsuits.
Greenberg Traurig
Starting a new business requires
major effort and involves many decisions. Here are some of the first steps you need to take.
Avioding them is easier than
participating in them.
Make sure that invoice is right
before you pay it!
Is it business or entertainment?
The answer makes a difference.
Dealing with smaller size debts
and claims requires particular attention.
Before putting up money for
anything, read this.
Even a small lawsuit can destroy
some businesses.
A sexual harassment lawsuit can
have a major impact on any firm's bottom line. Implementing a written anti-harassment policy is an
essential precaution.
Small business, family-owned
business, women in business, and home office issues.
Nolo
Press
Answers to this common
question.
Document security on the
Internet - from Business Law Today, the ABA Section of Business Law
An overview to trademark law and
unfair competition.
A guide for the small business owner
A complete collection of
documents for the small business owner, in zip format.
What to expect regarding fees when you hire an outside attorney.
Arbitration and mediation are
viable alternatives to resolving busines disputes
Includes articles on topics such
as starting a new business, selling a business, business credit, etc.
An overview of fee arrangements.
From the IRS
Nolo Press
Just because
you are home based doesn't mean that the law is any different for your business than for IBM.
Make sure you covered
everything
Nolo
Press
Local rules and
regulations will affect your home business.
Delaware court dismisses
shareholder suit over executive compensation
Find out which offices are best
suited for the virtual world, who's best suited to work in them, and how to manage a decentralized
staff.
Don't leave home
without a few international trade show strategies.
Despite additional paperwork and
added bureaucracy, the FHA offers programs that can help developers get difficult projects done.
Pitfalls and opportunities in
leasing business equipment.
Business owners are often the
target of schemes and frauds. An overview.
Watch that Yellow Page
invoice!
With interest rates inching up,
small business owners are looking to lock in long-term financing before the rates rise again.
The new way we communicate
requires old-fashioned manners in the workplace.
You don't want to spy on your
employees, but given the significance of email, can you afford not to? Suggestions for an email policy
that will make everyone happy.
These three planning tasks will
help you point your business in the right direction for the upcoming year.
From Jefren Publishing Company. Includes several types of stock and
compensation agreements, indemnification agreement, Voting trust agreement,subordinated debenture,
liquidating trust agreement, warrant, and othercorporate agreements.
An employee who resigned before
his complete bonus for the year prior was paid was not entitled to collect the balance of his bonus as
wages according to a New York appellate court.
An interesting link.
Buying/Selling
How
to Write a Business Plan
Whether you are looking for a
loan, private financing, or considering going public, a business plan is the core document required. A
step by step guide to writing one.
West's Encyclopedia of American
Law
A basic area of law,
which is the foundation of many other laws.
Simple solutions for tricky
issues
No Description
The definitions are not always
clear. Make sure your independent contractor is not really an employee!
West
Inc.com
A look at how several Inc. 500
companies have developed interview questions to insure that the new hires are a perfect fit.
An overview and introduction.
Incorporating can save you
taxes, and personal liability
Starting a home office? Here is
a starting point
Intellectual property (patents, copyrights and trademarks) affect your business
operations, even if you are not aware of it. How to protect your intellectual property, and how to make
sure you are not violating someone's intellectual property rights.
A walking tour of the
Internet for CEOs, CFOs and other corporate executives.
Signed into law
in November, 1998, the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act became law, and preempts state
securities fraud class actions, and perhaps a whole lot more. John C. Coffee Jr., Professor of Law at
Columbia University Law School examines the issues
Site for companies going public using SCOR, Regulation A, and other
business equity capital programs.
Where investors and emerging public companies meet.
The SEC's publication on how to
create clear disclosure documents has been published online.
Includes news, articles, a
discussion forum and other information on employee stock ownership
Keep up to date
on employment law news
Small Business
Administration
Computer
programs to assist in marketing a small business
Helping small businesses access
environmental compliance and pollution prevention information.
Strives to help consumers and businesses maintain an ethical marketplace.Site
includes publications, alerts and news, business report databases,online complaint forms.
Over 6000 how to articles from
the Nexis database for free viewing, and more.
Provides businesses with one-stop access to federal government information,
services, and transactions. From the National Technical Information Service.
Articles and other resources on
company structure, general business issues and intellectual property rights.
Business Finance Search
Engine.
The DataMerge free on-line
newsletter covers trends and innovations for financing small businesses, entrepreneurial ventures,
venture capital, IPO's and real estate. It pays particular attention to helping individuals locate
financing "alternatives" when they've been turned down by their local bank.
A great publication for the
small business owner.
Business news, programs and services, policy and issues and more.
Small Business
Administration
Helpful
computer programs for starting a small business.
Small Business
Administration