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Raising $$ for Your Business? SEC Considers Relaxing Ban on General Solicitation
January 26, 2012 – 1:11 pm | No Comment
Raising $$ for Your Business? SEC Considers Relaxing Ban on General Solicitation

By: Simon Riveles
As Congress grapples with ways to kick start the economy and spur small business formation and growth, one proposal it is considering is relaxing the long-standing ban on general advertising or solicitation imposed on private …

Taking a Public Company Private – An Overview
June 27, 2011 – 9:30 am | No Comment
Taking a Public Company Private – An Overview

By: Simon Riveles
In recent years an increasing number of small to mid-sized pubic companies have elected to go private for reasons including: (i) eliminating legal, accounting and public relations costs associated with being …

Maintaining Limited Liability Protection for New York Business and Others by Dotting I’s and Crossing T’s
November 18, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
Maintaining Limited Liability Protection for New York Business and Others by Dotting I’s and Crossing T’s

Maintaining the limited liability protection of any business form (e.g., LLC or Corporation) is not an automatic affair.  Rather, it requires steady due diligence and attention to detail.  While many a business owner small and …

Customs–The Intellectual Property Angel at Our Nation’s Border for New York Businesses and Others
June 16, 2010 – 7:23 pm | 3 Comments
Customs–The Intellectual Property Angel at Our Nation’s Border for New York Businesses and Others

Update:  The below article discusses how US Customs can become a gatekeeper to ward of importation of goods that are deemed infringing of your own intellectual property.  In addition to the Customs Service protocol for …

Common Provisions of Commercial Contracts for Businesses in New York and Elsewhere
May 17, 2010 – 10:38 am | No Comment
Common Provisions of Commercial Contracts for Businesses in New York and Elsewhere

Commercial contracts form the backbone of many commercial transactions from vendor agreements to client engagement agreements.  While no two businesses or industries are the same, all commercial contracts share certain fundamental structures and clauses …

Top 10 Legal Documents for Tech/Social Media Businesses in New York and Elsewhere (Pt. I, 1-5)
May 11, 2010 – 2:56 pm | One Comment
Top 10 Legal Documents for Tech/Social Media Businesses in New York and Elsewhere (Pt. I, 1-5)

Part II (Documents 6-10)
When launching a startup involving any technology, (e.g., a software development operation or a social media venture), there are key documents that are necessary to make sure that the essentials are protected …

Basic Math Skills for a “Preferred Series A” – Financing Round
March 25, 2010 – 3:02 pm | No Comment
Basic Math Skills for a “Preferred Series A” – Financing Round

Founding a company and evaluating funding options seem like a mathematical challenge best left for the Einstein’s of our generation. This is definitely not so. Everyone interested in founding a company which is likely to …

Kaiser Wahab on Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Webinar Regarding Digital Rights Management of Entertainment Properties—3-23-2010–2PM
March 22, 2010 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
Kaiser Wahab on Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Webinar Regarding Digital Rights Management of Entertainment Properties—3-23-2010–2PM

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Rights Management in a Multiplatform World
With broadcasters and operators distributing content on multiple platforms at an increasingly higher volume, the need for effective and efficient rights management has never been greater. And …

Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection
March 22, 2010 – 9:30 am | No Comment
Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection

Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection
So you want to start your own business and can’t decide whether you want to open a corporation, limited liability company …

If Your NY LLC Operating Agreement Is Short on Words you May be Short on Options—NY Appellate Division Rules One Partner Can’t Expel Another without Member Expulsion Language
March 20, 2010 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
If Your NY LLC Operating Agreement Is Short on Words you May be Short on Options—NY Appellate Division Rules One Partner Can’t Expel Another without Member Expulsion Language

The Court in Man Choi Chiu v Chiu recently ruled that that a member of an LLC looking to expel another member for alleged misconduct is simply out of luck, if the operating agreement is …

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