When buying or selling a business, it is important to recognize that the Purchase Agreement is a very flexible instrument allowing the parties a great deal of latitude regarding how to structure...
This article aims to help small business owners preparing to sell their business understand some things they can do before soliciting (or finding) a buyer to maximize the proceeds they realize from the sale. The article also points out that...
One thing to consider when planning an offering is what investor qualifications you can live with. In making this decision it’s important to keep in mind that the definition of “accredited investor” is now more limited than it...
The Minority Report was Steven Spielberg’s vision for 2054. We are 42 years ahead of schedule.
Facial Recognition and Facial Detection Technologies are the latest in consumer privacy concerns. On the heels of Intel's latest proposed technology...
This article continues a series which explains when a deal (and what types of deals) involve securities regulation. This particular entry focuses on sales of stock, noting the history of how sales of stock have been treated, the Supreme Court's...
A poison pill is a corporate governance device which has the practical effect of giving a corporation's board of directors the final say over any takeover attempt. Many regard poison pills as friendly to boards of directors and contrary to...
A poison pill is a corporate governance mechanism which serves to make the corporation adopting the poison pill prohibitively expensive to acquire absent the consent of that corporation's board of directors. This article reviews the facts...
This article analyzes the language of an important section of a non-disclosure agreement entered into between two materials companies; the provision in question is now central to litigation between the two parties. The article points out that...
When buying a business or the assets of a business, there are a number important legal issues you need to consider before signing the purchase agreement. Prior installments of this Article examined the role of the Exclusivity...
This Article is the third installment of a series of discussing important legal issues to consider when buying a business. The first installment discussed the role of the Exclusivity Agreement, and the second...