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Advising Startups and Emerging Businesses: Legal Strategies for Counsel (On-Demand)

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$179.00

Course Description

From mom-and-pop startups to serial entrepreneurs, starting and nurturing a new business is an opportunity for counsel to show their clients the value of their advice. Learn how to respond to issues new businesses are likely to face, including entity selection, capital raising, hiring, contracts, and IP basics.

Syllabus

  1. Entity Selection: S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC, Partnership
  2. Funding: Raising Capital
  3. Real Property: Commercial Leases
  4. Hiring Considerations: Employees v. Independent Contractors
  5. Intellectual Property: Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents & Trade Secrets
  6. Ethical Issues

Credit Details

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Course Instructor

Gary A. Laurie, Esq.
Original Date Of Course

General Credits

1.5
Gary A. Laurie, Esq.
Gary A. Laurie, Esq.
Gary A. Laurie, Esq. is the founder of a transactional entertainment and intellectual property law firm in Clifton, New Jersey, where he has spent twenty years protecting and enforcing clients' intellectual property rights and negotiating content deals across production and talent sectors. He holds a bachelor's degree from Montclair State University and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University, and currently teaches contract, business, and entertainment law at Montclair State University and Music Business Law at New Jersey City University.
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