► Business FAQ Library
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Businesses and Startups
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► Business FAQs
- Judge Overturns FTC’s Attempt to Ban Noncompete Agreements
- Financial Service Providers Imposed with $475 Million in Fines for Failing to Monitor Texts and Chats with Customers on Messaging Apps
- Latest New Rules for REITs and New REIT Disclosure Requirements Established by U.S. SEC in April 2024
- U.S. SEC Forms New Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to Target Crypto Companies for Securities Violations
- New Colorado AI Regulation Act is the First Attempt Among U.S. States to Govern Artificial Intelligence
- U.S. SEC’s New Rules and Requirements for IPOs Amended April 2024
- U.S. SEC’s New Rules and Requirements for Portfolio Companies and Form PF Amended May 2024
- Top Critical Tax Mistakes to Avoid for LLCs
- Recent Updates to Private Equity Regulations
- Top Asset Protection Strategies for 2024
- Buying or Selling your Business? What You Need to Know
- Benefits and Disadvantages of Using Pass-Through Entities for Estate Planning
- Top Tips for Starting a Single Member LLC
- Can Employees be Legally Fired for Protesting US Support for Israel?
- Crowdfunding in 2024: Tips and Best Practices for a Successful Campaign
- Top Disadvantages of SAFEs (Simple Agreements for Future Equity) – Should SAFEs Still be Used in 2024?
- Recent Developments in Tax Law for 2024
- Top Legal Issues for AI Startups in 2024
- Recent Updates in U.S. SEC Investigations in 2024
- Do You Need an SEC or FINRA License to Manage a Private Equity Fund?
- Should You Invest in a Bitcoin ETF?
- Navigating the Top Real Estate Law Issues of 2024
- Top Legal Issues in A101 Construction Agreements for Restaurants
- Top Cryptocurrency Law Issues of 2024
- Top Securities Law Issues of 2024: Navigating the Evolving Landscape
- California Non-Compete Laws 2024
- How to Start an AI Software Development Company in 2024
- How to Start a Hedge Fund in 2024
- California’s New Reproductive Loss Leave Law: New Law Gives 5 Days of Leave for Reproductive Losses
- California 2024 New Cannabis Laws and Compliance Guidelines: Understanding the Implications of AB 2188 and SB 700
- California 2024 Non-Compete Laws and Compliance Requirements for Employers and Businesses
- The Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on Real Estate Transactions
- California 2024 Workplace Violence Prevention Law Requirements: A Guide for Employers and Businesses
- What is the Corporate Transparency Act? A Guide for Businesses
- California’s Paid Sick Leave Law 2024: Changes to California’s Expanded Paid Sick Leave Laws Starting January 1, 2024 #3
- California New 2024 Laws for Employers: What Businesses Need to Know
- What is a Form D and Why Does your Startup Need to File One?
- 2023 U.S. SEC Rules and Regulations for Startup Fundraising
- How to Form a Delaware Corporation
- What Happens if you Didn’t File a Form D and Your Startup’s Investment Fundraising Violations Securities Laws?
- What Should Be Included in LLC Operating Agreements?
- How to Verify That Your Investor is Accredited
- What is a Hedge Fund and Types of Hedge Funds
- Is Having an Employee in California “Doing Business” in California?
- What Does “Doing Business” in New York and When Do You Need to Register your Out of State Business in New York?
- Is Giving Stock Away for Free Illegal Under U.S. Securities Laws?
- Requirements for New Delaware Startups
- Investing in a Startup? What You Need to Know as an Angel Investor
- Should you Form an LP Limited Partnership? What are the Benefits and Disadvantages of an LP
- REIT or LLC? Should You Form a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) or an LLC
- Top Legal Considerations When Hiring Software Developers
- Top Legal Pitfalls for Software Developers in Software Development Agreements
- Artificial Intelligence Software Development: Top Legal Issues for AI Developers
- U.S. SEC Says Staking is a Security and Why Staking Activities are Securities
- On-Call Pay Requirements under the FLSA: What are the Rules for On-Call Shifts?
- Tips for Investing in the Right Business for EB-5 Applicants
- What are the Requirements for a Business to Accept a Investment from a EB-5 Visa Applicant?
- Overview of the EB-5 Visa Process for Investors
- Demystifying Convertible Notes: A Guide for Startup Founders
- Understanding Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements for Startup Founders: A Comprehensive Guide
- Double Trigger Acceleration Clauses: Understanding Their Importance for Startup Founders
- Will Your Cryptocurrency or DeFi Platform Require Securities Compliance Under the U.S. SEC’s New Proposed Rule?
- U.S. SEC’s New Proposed Rule on Cryptocurrency Custodians Means More Regulation for Crypto and DeFi Platforms
- Does Staking Cryptocurrency Require Securities Compliance?
- The DAO Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Setting up a DAO Legally
- Do You Need to Register your Token or NFT with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission?
- Is Your Token a Security or Commodity?
- California 2022 Rest Break Laws | Los Angeles 2022 Rest Break Laws
- Could Your LLC Save on Taxes by Converting to an S Corp?
- Employer’s Guide to Responding to an Employee’s Unemployment Claim
- How to Deal with Overly Political Employees
- Can a Business Ban a Customer?
- Is an Officer of a Corporation An Employee?
- Can a California Employer Ask Job Applicants to Disclose Criminal History?
- Multi-State Businesses: Which State’s Wage and Hour Laws Must be Followed?
- Thinking of Hiring an Influencer to Help Promote Your Business or its Products and Services? Here’s What Your Influencer Agreement Should Look Like:
- Thinking of Hiring a Freelancer? Tips to Protect Your Business When Using Freelancers
- Founders Agreements: A Comprehensive Guide
- Basics of Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Tips from Tesla’s Elon Musk: Should You Test How Useful Your Employees Are to Your Business?
- Coronavirus Policy for California Employers
- 2020 California Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy Sample Template
- California New Parent Leave Act 2020 Sample Policy Template, Rules, Overview and FAQs
- Thinking about an Offshore Bank Account? Is Offshore Banking Even Legal? The Basics of Setting up an Offshore Bank Account
- Guide to Taxes for New California LLCs
- How to Form a New Charity in California
- California Liquor License Rules: Special Events, 1-Day Events, and Private Parties
- California Interview Questions – What Not to Ask
- Multi-State Businesses: Which State’s Wage and Hour Laws Must be Followed?
- Top Tax Savings Tips When Paying Yourself as a Business Owner
- Thinking of Hiring a Freelancer? Tips to Protect Your Business When Using Freelancers
- New California Ruling on Work Break Policies Will Affect Employers Statewide
- Exempt or Non-Exempt: How to Determine Proper Exemption Status for your California Employees
- California Paid Sick Leave Law FAQs and Tips for Small Business Employers
- Trade Secrets 101: Protecting Your Company’s Most Valuable Assets from Walking Out the Door
- What’s the Difference between a Director, Officer, and Shareholder?
- Does your Company Need to Obtain Foreign Qualification To Do Business in California?
- Steps to Dissolve Corporation in California
- Can a Company Refuse Pennies?
- Can a Business Play Spotify or Pandora at Work? Is it Legal?
- How Should a California Business Accomodate LGBT and Transgender Employees in the Workplace
- Can a California Corporation Do Business in Nevada to Save on Taxes or Fees?
- Thinking of Congratulating a Celebrity? Don’t….(and Save Yourself a Lawsuit)
- Bad Hire: Can You Un-Hire a Employee Who Should Never Have Been Hired?
- Hiring Unpaid Interns: Is it Legal?
- Top 5 Things All Small Business Owners Should Discuss with Their Lawyers
- 5 Tips for Writing Effective Employee Performance Evaluation Reviews
- What Does a Director on the Board of Directors Responsible for Doing?
- What Does a Director on the Board of Directors Responsible for Doing?
- Do we need to issue paper stock certificates? Can electronic stock certificates be used?
- Is it necessary to have a corporate seal?
- What is an Indemnification Provision and should we have one?
- When should my company’s fiscal year end?
- Should I Incorporate in Delaware, California, Nevada, or Elsewhere?
- How many shares should my new corporation issue to stockholders?
- Is it Necessary to Issue Member Units When Forming a LLP, LP or other type of Partnership?
- Is it Necessary to Issue Shares When Forming a Corporation?
- What is an EIN and Why Is It Necessary?
- How Many Directors Should My New Corporation Have?
- Can I List a PO Box as My Business Address?
- Are there limitations or restrictions on what I can name my new business?
- Why Do I Need to Add “LLC” after my new LLC’s name?
- Why Do I Need to Add “Inc.” “Incorporated” “Corporation” or “Corp” after my new company’s name?
- Entity Comparison Chart
- Labor & Employment Guide for California Businesses
- Guide to Taxes for New California Corporations
- Overview of Intellectual Property Protections for Business Products & Services
- International Entrepreneurs: Can a Foreign Non-Citizen be a Founder of a New U.S. Startup?
- What is a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and Why Have One?
- Help! A New Competitor has Stolen our Company’s Name…How Do We Stop Them from Using the Same Name?
- Patent Primer for Startups and Businesses
- Dealing with Moonlighting Employees for California Employers
- Sample Reasonable Accomodation Checklist for California Employers
- Weed at the Workplace: Dealing with Employees on Medical Marijuana
- Patent, Trademark, Copyright – What Kind of Protection Does Your Startup Need?
- Sample Medical Marijuana Policy for California Employers
- Does a Single Owner Corporation, C, Corp, S Corp or LLC Need to Have Annual Meetings of Shareholders and Directors?
- Does a Delaware Corporation or LLC Have to Make Annual Filings in California?
- Common FAQs for California’s New Paid Sick Leave Law
- Top 10 Most Expensive Intellectual Property Mistakes Made by Startups & Entrepreneurs
- What is a Trademark and When Do You Need One? Trademark Tips, FAQs, and Help
- Letting Go: How to Properly Fire An Employee
- When Startups and Founders Divorce: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- Why Incorporate in Delaware? Tips for your Startup or Business
- Corporation Pre-Formation Checklist
- Non-Profit Pre-Formation Checklist
- Limited Partnership (LP) Pre-Formation Considerations
- Form Minutes
- Sample Checklist for Approval of Transactions with Interested Directors/Officers
- Entity Comparison – What Should You Form?
- Top 5 Most Common Errors in Small Business Employee Handbooks
- Stopped at the Border: Enforcing Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks against Infringing Imports
- Top New California Employment Laws Affecting Small Businesses and Private Employers
- California Assembly Approves Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave
- Trademark Classes FAQ
► Startups FAQs
- Top Tips for Starting a Single Member LLC
- Crowdfunding in 2024: Tips and Best Practices for a Successful Campaign
- Top Disadvantages of SAFEs (Simple Agreements for Future Equity) – Should SAFEs Still be Used in 2024?
- 2023 U.S. SEC Rules and Regulations for Startup Fundraising
- How to Form a Delaware Corporation
- Requirements for New Delaware Startups
- Investing in a Startup? What You Need to Know as an Angel Investor
- Demystifying Convertible Notes: A Guide for Startup Founders
- Understanding Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements for Startup Founders: A Comprehensive Guide
- Double Trigger Acceleration Clauses: Understanding Their Importance for Startup Founders
- Does Staking Cryptocurrency Require Securities Compliance?
- The DAO Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Setting up a DAO Legally
► Fundraising & Investment FAQs
- U.S. SEC’s New Rules and Requirements for IPOs Amended April 2024
- U.S. SEC’s New Rules and Requirements for Portfolio Companies and Form PF Amended May 2024
- Recent Updates to Private Equity Regulations
- 2023 U.S. SEC Rules and Regulations for Startup Fundraising
- How to Verify That Your Investor is Accredited
- What is a Hedge Fund and Types of Hedge Funds
- Investing in a Startup? What You Need to Know as an Angel Investor
- REIT or LLC? Should You Form a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) or an LLC
- U.S. SEC Says Staking is a Security and Why Staking Activities are Securities
- Demystifying Convertible Notes: A Guide for Startup Founders
- Understanding Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements for Startup Founders: A Comprehensive Guide
- Double Trigger Acceleration Clauses: Understanding Their Importance for Startup Founders
- Does Staking Cryptocurrency Require Securities Compliance?
► C Corps FAQs
- Top Tax Savings Tips When Paying Yourself as a Business Owner
- Does your Company Need to Obtain Foreign Qualification To Do Business in California?
- Steps to Dissolve Corporation in California
- Can a California Corporation Do Business in Nevada to Save on Taxes or Fees?
- Guide to Taxes for New California Corporations
- International Entrepreneurs: Can a Foreign Non-Citizen be a Founder of a New U.S. Startup?
- Does a Single Owner Corporation, C, Corp, S Corp or LLC Need to Have Annual Meetings of Shareholders and Directors?
- Does a Delaware Corporation or LLC Have to Make Annual Filings in California?
- Why Incorporate in Delaware? Tips for your Startup or Business
- Corporation Pre-Formation Checklist
► LLC FAQs
- Top Critical Tax Mistakes to Avoid for LLCs
- Top Tips for Starting a Single Member LLC
- What Should Be Included in LLC Operating Agreements?
- REIT or LLC? Should You Form a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) or an LLC
► Tax FAQs
- Top Critical Tax Mistakes to Avoid for LLCs
- Could Your LLC Save on Taxes by Converting to an S Corp?
- Guide to Taxes for New California LLCs
► IP FAQs
- Top Legal Issues for AI Startups in 2024
- Top Legal Considerations When Hiring Software Developers
- Top Legal Pitfalls for Software Developers in Software Development Agreements
- Artificial Intelligence Software Development: Top Legal Issues for AI Developers
- Basics of Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Trade Secrets 101: Protecting Your Company’s Most Valuable Assets from Walking Out the Door
- Can a Business Play Spotify or Pandora at Work? Is it Legal?
- Thinking of Congratulating a Celebrity? Don’t….(and Save Yourself a Lawsuit)
- Top 5 Things All Small Business Owners Should Discuss with Their Lawyers
- Overview of Intellectual Property Protections for Business Products & Services
- Help! A New Competitor has Stolen our Company’s Name…How Do We Stop Them from Using the Same Name?
- Patent Primer for Startups and Businesses
- Patent, Trademark, Copyright – What Kind of Protection Does Your Startup Need?
- Top 10 Most Expensive Intellectual Property Mistakes Made by Startups & Entrepreneurs
- What is a Trademark and When Do You Need One? Trademark Tips, FAQs, and Help
- Stopped at the Border: Enforcing Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks against Infringing Imports
- Trademark Classes FAQ
► Labor / Employment FAQs
- Judge Overturns FTC’s Attempt to Ban Noncompete Agreements
- Can Employees be Legally Fired for Protesting US Support for Israel?
- California Non-Compete Laws 2024
- California’s New Reproductive Loss Leave Law: New Law Gives 5 Days of Leave for Reproductive Losses
- California 2024 New Cannabis Laws and Compliance Guidelines: Understanding the Implications of AB 2188 and SB 700
- California 2024 Non-Compete Laws and Compliance Requirements for Employers and Businesses
- California 2024 Workplace Violence Prevention Law Requirements: A Guide for Employers and Businesses
- California’s Paid Sick Leave Law 2024: Changes to California’s Expanded Paid Sick Leave Laws Starting January 1, 2024 #3
- California New 2024 Laws for Employers: What Businesses Need to Know
- Is Having an Employee in California “Doing Business” in California?
- On-Call Pay Requirements under the FLSA: What are the Rules for On-Call Shifts?
- California 2022 Rest Break Laws | Los Angeles 2022 Rest Break Laws
- Employer’s Guide to Responding to an Employee’s Unemployment Claim
- How to Deal with Overly Political Employees
- Can a California Employer Ask Job Applicants to Disclose Criminal History?
- Multi-State Businesses: Which State’s Wage and Hour Laws Must be Followed?
- Tips from Tesla’s Elon Musk: Should You Test How Useful Your Employees Are to Your Business?
- Coronavirus Policy for California Employers
- 2020 California Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy Sample Template
- California New Parent Leave Act 2020 Sample Policy Template, Rules, Overview and FAQs
- California Interview Questions – What Not to Ask
- Multi-State Businesses: Which State’s Wage and Hour Laws Must be Followed?
- Thinking of Hiring a Freelancer? Tips to Protect Your Business When Using Freelancers
- New California Ruling on Work Break Policies Will Affect Employers Statewide
- Exempt or Non-Exempt: How to Determine Proper Exemption Status for your California Employees
- California Paid Sick Leave Law FAQs and Tips for Small Business Employers
- How Should a California Business Accomodate LGBT and Transgender Employees in the Workplace
- Bad Hire: Can You Un-Hire a Employee Who Should Never Have Been Hired?
- Hiring Unpaid Interns: Is it Legal?
- Top 5 Things All Small Business Owners Should Discuss with Their Lawyers
- 5 Tips for Writing Effective Employee Performance Evaluation Reviews
- Labor & Employment Guide for California Businesses
- Dealing with Moonlighting Employees for California Employers
- Sample Reasonable Accomodation Checklist for California Employers
- Weed at the Workplace: Dealing with Employees on Medical Marijuana
- Sample Medical Marijuana Policy for California Employers
- Common FAQs for California’s New Paid Sick Leave Law
- Letting Go: How to Properly Fire An Employee
- Top 5 Most Common Errors in Small Business Employee Handbooks
- Top New California Employment Laws Affecting Small Businesses and Private Employers
- California Assembly Approves Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave
► Nonprofit FAQs
- How to Form a New Charity in California
- Non-Profit Pre-Formation Checklist
- Sample Checklist for Approval of Transactions with Interested Directors/Officers
► EB-5 FAQs
- Tips for Investing in the Right Business for EB-5 Applicants
- What are the Requirements for a Business to Accept a Investment from a EB-5 Visa Applicant?
- Overview of the EB-5 Visa Process for Investors