Business Organization
The Business Organization section of FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center provides information on matters such as Joint Ventures, Liability for Acts of Dissolved Corporations, and more. Click on the articles below to learn about limited liability companies that give you the tax advantages of a partnership with the liability protection of a corporation. Or browse the section on how S corporations can provide significant tax advantages over C corporations in the right circumstances. Find more about these and other subjects under Corporate Governance.
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Business Organization Articles
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Top 10 Pitfalls for Business Owners
Too many times I have heard the words .if only I had known. from business owners. Unfortunately, I usually hear these words on the eve of bankruptcy. Here are my top ten things .to know:. You believe you and your partner will get along forever ...
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Top 10 Ways to Beat the Clock and Prepare for Retirement
Retirement is expensive. Experts estimate that you'll need about 70% of your pre-retirement income-lower earners, 90% or more - to maintain your standard of living when you stop working. Understand your financial future. Social Security pays the ...
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Top Ten Things To Know If You Are An Investor In, Or Director Of, A Failing Business
The bubble may have burst, but many companies are still hanging on by their fingernails. Professional investors may want to cut their losses and turn their attention to new opportunities, but before they do, they should consider their obligations to ...
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Top Ten Tips for Successfully starting and operating Your Own Business
You have always dreamed of owning and operating your own business and now the right business opportunity has become available. You are sure that you can operate the business more successfully than your competition. Now that you have the business ...
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Tort Reform: Asbestos and Ohio’s Impact on the National Debate
When Ohio enacted landmark comprehensive asbestos reform legislation (H.B. 292 of the 125th Ohio General Assembly) in 2004, beating even the federal government to the punch, it did more than capture the honor of being the first state to take such an ...
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U.S. Department of State’s Bill of Rights for American Business
The State Department's "Bill of Rights for American Business" tells you what kind of service you should expect. Seventh, to receive assistance in achieving amicable settlement of investment and trade disputes, and in case of expropriation or ...
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UK Tax Refund Opportunity
Over the last 2 years, Dorsey's tax litigation group has been very busy reclaiming tax from the UK Inland Revenue on behalf of their clients. They have enjoyed great success and so far have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars. They are ...
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Underperforming Partners: The Big Pink Elephant in the Boardroom
There is a big pink elephant sitting in the corner of many law firm boardrooms. He has been there for so long that he is practically taken for granted. He has, however, become much harder to ignore. Clients and young lawyers are starting to ask ...
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Understanding Calgary Understanding Risk
There is a story that Calgary folk like to tell about a local corporate lawyer acting for an oil and gas client on a financing out of Toronto. The lawyer on the other side is from Toronto. No one tells it better than Harry Campbell, Q.C., managing ...
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UPREIT Shares and Tacking under Rule 144
Along with the explosive growth of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) has been a corresponding dramatic increase in their tax favored sister entities called UPREITS. "Sponsors" who have contributed property in exchange for partnership units are ...
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