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Conducting Effective Due Diligence in Intellectual Property Transactions

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Your software company has been approached by a start-up company that has developed a mobile application that could provide your company, indeed your entire industry, with an exciting new platform to deliver products and services to customers globally.  As a CEO, your first instinct is to lock up the start-up’s technology quickly because you don’t …Read more

Small Business Employers are bound by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act [FEHA]

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In California, small business employers who regularly employ five (5) or more employees are bound by the State’s anti-discrimination law, the Fair Employment and Housing Act [FEHA].  An employer with five or more employees cannot discriminate against its employees on the basis of “race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical …Read more

Startup Tip – Avoid Business Disputes with Effective Counseling

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A typical business startup usually begins modestly and all is friendly among those involved.  For example, two doctors, or two software engineers, might combine their efforts to form one or more medical groups (or software development companies) and find it advantageous to incorporate.  Each doctor/engineer contributes an equal amount of capital toward, and each receives …Read more

Creditors Don’t Forget to File Your Proofs of Claim When a Debtor Files for Bankruptcy

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One of the first things you as a creditor should do when you receive notice that a customer has filed bankruptcy is to file a proof of claim.  The Proof of Claim form (Official Form 10) often accompanies the notice of the commencement of the case, and can also be found at the Court’s website.  …Read more

Favorable Settlement for Client Involved in Corporate Buyout Litigation

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Finkel Law Group recently represented several shareholders of a privately held commodities trading firm in a contentious buy out of departing shareholders who demanded several million dollars for their stake in the company.  As a result of the firm’s efforts, the departing shareholders ended up with one-third of their original demand. A critical factor in …Read more