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IPO Basics: Stock Exchanges and Securities Laws

Nov 1, 1999

Stock Exchanges Founded in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is home to some of America's best-known corporations. Its rost...  Read more

Ten Things I Think about When I Surf the Net

By Lindsay McCall |  Oct 25, 1999

I. First Thoughts 1. Caveat Browser Are these guys who they claim to be? Are they legit...  Read more

What's In a Name?

Oct 22, 1999

Q: I found our company name on the Internet while doing a search. The site has a URL different from my company name. In fact, it is a con...  Read more

Papers Served, Full of Mistakes

Oct 22, 1999

Q: An individual came into my office and delivered an envelope with my name on it. I was not in at the time and my office assistant took ...  Read more

The Downside of Losing Your Old Baggage

Oct 22, 1999

How to seek compensation from an airline.  Read more

Small Businesses and the EPA Risk Management Program

Oct 22, 1999

On June 21, 1999, companies of all sizes that use certain listed chemicals will submit for the first time plans thatdetail how they will prevent accidenta...  Read more

The Vacation That Wasn't: Who Should Have to Pay?

Oct 22, 1999

Q: My travel agent messed up on my mother's travel visa for her Europe tour. We returned the tickets. The agent says that we will be pena...  Read more

Stamping Out Unfair Treatment on the Job

Oct 22, 1999

Q: I am a faculty representative for my education association. We have received a number of complaints about supervisors who harass instr...  Read more

Age Discrimination

Oct 21, 1999

America's workforce is aging. And as workers stay on the job longer, they generally move up the compensation ladder, acquiring more benefits and higher sa...  Read more

Definitions Behind Business Name Jargon

Oct 21, 1999

One reason the law of business names often seems confusing is that the subject is riddled with lots of arcane and often overlapping legal jargon. For exam...  Read more

How Planned Development Rules (CCRs) Affect Home-Based Businesses

Oct 21, 1999

In subdivisions, condos and planned-unit developments, rules pertaining to home-based businesses are often significantly stricter than those found in city or...  Read more

Home-Based Businesses Aren't Legally Different from Other Businesses

Oct 21, 1999

The basic legal issues, such as picking a name for your business and deciding whether to operate as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability ...  Read more

Religious Discrimination: Keeping the Faith at Work

By Barbara Kate Repa |  Oct 21, 1999

In the last few years, there has been a notable increase in the number of religious-discrimination lawsuits. Theologians hail this burst in litigation as ...  Read more

Equal Pay for Equal Work

By Barbara Kate Repa |  Oct 21, 1999

A federal law, the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 206), requires employers to pay all employees equally for equal work, regardless of their gender. It was pa...  Read more

Disability Discrimination

Oct 21, 1999

Many individuals fortunate enough to be healthy in mind and body--and to be employed--lament the difficulties a workplace can impose. But for those with p...  Read more

Dismissal: What Is the Meaning of This?

Oct 21, 1999

Heaven knows what mysteriousness lurks behind your question. The best explanation I can apply to your barebones request can be gleaned from Nolo's own Leg...  Read more

Keeping Your Contracts Simple--and Enforceable

Oct 21, 1999

For most contracts, legalese is not essential or even helpful. On the contrary, contractual agreements are best expressed in simple, everyday English.  Read more

Good Training Strategy Helps Avoid Discrimination

By Robert Hoffman |  Oct 15, 1999

QUESTION: What training strategies should an employer use to avoid harassment and discrimination inthe workplace? ANSWER: ...  Read more

Hot Tip: ADA Scope Limited

By Christopher Caggiano |  Oct 1, 1999

Is the Americans with Disabilities Act driving you crazy? Take heart. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have considerably narrowed the ADA's coverage, s...  Read more

Using Technology to Accommodate Workers

Aug 1, 1999

Technology has been a boon to many workers, but it is especially valuable to people with disabilities,allowing them to be a more productive part of the wo...  Read more

Avoiding Liability for Sexual Harassment

Jul 1, 1999

Educate supervisors and rank-and-file employees about how to recognize and avoid workplace harassment. It's cheaper than the average defense of a harassme...  Read more

Save the Farm or Save the Environment?

Jul 1, 1999

John's family owns a small farm in the Midwest. After graduating from high school, John decided to gain experience working on a larger farm. He had always...  Read more

Go Public Through the Back Door

By Mike Hofman |  Mar 1, 1999

Forget about an initial public offering, says Tim Halter, president of the Halter Financial Group, in Dallas.HFG specializes in helping private companies ...  Read more

The Internet Guide to Bankruptcy Law

By Putnam Melanie |  Mar 1, 1999

Even in a booming economy, not every venture turns its promoters into Internet instantaires. There' s still a down side to capitalism. And smart bankruptc...  Read more

Why Pay a Lawyer? Use the Web

Jan 1, 1999

On August 16, 1997, Greenwich Consulting Group (GCG) held its first board meeting--at Yankee Stadium. The two founding members of the strategic-planning a...  Read more

The Subsidiary Shield

Jan 1, 1999

If one part of your business carries greater liability risk than others, it may be possible to protect the rest of your company by spinning it off as asep...  Read more

Jim McCann: My Biggest Mistake

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1998

The biggest mistake I ever made was buying 1-800-FLOWERS. When I was examining the company, in 1983, I didn't know how to do "due diligence"; what I did w...  Read more

Psychological Testing: The Legal Position

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 2, 1998

Although Jennifer Lauro, cochair of the employment practices group at Peabody & Arnold LLP, in Boston, is skittish about personality tests, she says she's...  Read more

Permits in the Pipeline

Jan 1, 1998

Breaking into a new territory often requires obtaining government approval--a Byzantine process that can hold up sales. To help speed up entry into a new ...  Read more

Traffic Code, Dealing with Government Regulations Article

Jan 1, 1998

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Let Your PC Draw Up the Contract

Jan 1, 1998

When Munchkin Inc., a manufacturer and designer of infant products in Van Nuys, Calif., needed to prepare its second international-distribution agreement,...  Read more

Where Are They Now?

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 15, 1997

What happens to a company after reaching number one on the Inc. 500? Find out the current status of the past 14 top-spot holders.  Read more

You Don't Know Me...

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

The story of one owner who, shunned by Wall Street, took his company public by himself.  Read more

Follow the Money

By Steve Solomon |  Jun 1, 1997

An associate professor at NYU explains what the associated costs were for one small business to go public.  Read more

A Business Owner's Guide to Preventive Law

By Justene Adamec |  Jan 27, 1997

A look at some ongoing steps you need to take to trim your legal bills.  Read more