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Avoid Legal Minefields When Acquiring Another Company Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) can expose you to legal liability and/or being injured by others’ unlawful acts. Here are the traps to avoid. Imagine the deal has closed, you are several Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Dustin Slade
LLC, Partnership, S-Corp…Your choice will impact your taxes, management, liability, and more. Here's a primer. People start business ventures for many reasons. They might want to be their own boss, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Tanya Marcum
EIX attracted more than 12.5 million page views last year, and many of our visitors yearned for information about testing and launching a venture, judging from the articles published last year that Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: David Townsend and Daniel Forbes
When we think about legal help, we often picture a judge, a courtroom full of people, and enormous media involvement if the companies are well-known. Navigating court procedures is a time-intensive Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Chandima Weerakondabaduge
Here are nine situations when a lawyer is a must, guidelines for getting the most from your legal budget, and steps for finding the right advisor. A risk-reward dynamic any entrepreneur must learn to Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dustin Slade
Approximately 16% of patents change hands during their lifetime. A patent in the right hands can be a win-win for both the buying and selling firms, as well as for consumers who can benefit from the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Jung H. Kwon , Haemin Dennis Park and Shu Deng
A prenuptial agreement (prenup) is a legal contract between prospective spouses to modify the terms of their marriage that would otherwise be governed by state law. Although a prenup does not mean Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: James Hoffman and Dwight Kealy
Small companies with a promising technology or service often look to partner with bigger firms to get access to money, distribution channels and manufacturing facilities they need to help their Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Jason Pattit and David Deeds
Editor’s note: This article is co-written by a member of the board of editors at EIX.org from The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, which is a funder of a Next Avenue. The new, buzzy Netflix Read More...
Category: Features
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Jonas Ruzek
This is Part 2 of Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in Founding a Startup, where we continue our discussion of common legal, regulatory, and fundraising mistakes that derail even the most promising startups. Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Paul Swegle