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What Are Land Owners' and Tenants' Duties to Visitors?

Nov 1, 1999

Landowner or Tenant Duties A landowner or tenant may be liable for injuries or harm suffered by persons on and off the land. This ...  Read more

Tort Claims Business Owners Should Watch Out For

Nov 1, 1999

Intentional Torts Unlike negligence, intentional torts require a defendant to have intended his harmful act. Depending on the tort...  Read more

Tort Basics: Trespass, Nuisance, and Conversion

Nov 1, 1999

Intentional Torts to Property Intentional torts may be committed against property. Here are some of the more common ones. <...  Read more

Business Torts: Misrepresentation, Contract Interference, and Unfair Competition

Nov 1, 1999

A general understanding of business torts can help you protect your bottom line.  Read more

Tort Liability Basics: Strict, Vicarious, and Joint Liability

Nov 1, 1999

Strict Liability Strict liability torts, which do not require a finding of intent or negligence, are primarily confined to ultraha...  Read more

Tort Liability Basics: Contribution and Indemnification

Nov 1, 1999

Under the doctrine of contribution , a defendant who has paid more than his proportionate share of the award has a claim against the other...  Read more

Tort Liability Basics: Remedy Alternatives for Successful Plaintiffs

Nov 1, 1999

If a plaintiff prevails, he will be awarded damages to compensate him for his losses. Damages may take the form of compensatory damages, punitive damages ...  Read more

State of Flux

By Cheryl McManus |  Nov 1, 1999

Having a hard time keeping up with all the changes in American business today? According to a recent study conducted by Penton Research Services, a unit o...  Read more

Weighing the Benefits of Hitting the IPO Road

Nov 1, 1999

Initial Considerations For quite some time, the strong bull market has distracted the public's eye. One symptom of this is that ta...  Read more

IPO Alternatives: Selling Out

Nov 1, 1999

Besides going public, a company may consider selling itself to another company. This path is not that uncommon. For example, from 1998 to 1999, more than ...  Read more

IPO Alternatives: SEC Registration Exemptions

Nov 1, 1999

Sometimes, a company that needs more funding may not be quite prepared for an initial public offering. In such an instance, the company may consider a mor...  Read more

IPO Basics: A Road Map

Nov 1, 1999

Registration Statement Before a company may offer its shares for sale, it must first file a registration statement with the Securi...  Read more

IPO Basics: The Registration Statement

Nov 1, 1999

Registration statements have the following two principal parts: Part I is the prospectus, the legal offering or "selling" document. The "i...  Read more

IPOs: How Soon and How Much?

Nov 1, 1999

Timing the Market A number of factors can affect the success of an initial public offering. A company may have some control over c...  Read more

IPO Basics: Confidential Filings

Nov 1, 1999

Federal securities laws generally require any company that is publicly held or that is registering its securities for public sale to disclose a broad rang...  Read more

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

Success Finds Its Way South of the Border

By Marc Ballon |  Oct 26, 1999

What lurks beyond Rio Grande A leading expert on the opportunities and risks for U.S. companies in Mexico is Stephen Blank, a profes...  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

Information to Secure from a Franchisor

By Erwin J. Keup |  Oct 24, 1999

Here's a helpful checklist for investigating franchise opportunities.  Read more

Franchise Site Evaluation Form

By Erwin J. Keup |  Oct 24, 1999

Name of person making report: Address: Phone: Date of report: Address of site: Information on Site, Customers, ...  Read more

Lawyers Are Paid to Be Buttinskis

Oct 22, 1999

The legal establishment put those hoops in your way so that you would be forced to jump through them. It would bear you no fruit to file a complaint in yo...  Read more

Insuring Your Home-Based Business

Oct 22, 1999

It's a mistake to rely on a homeowner's or renter's insurance policy to cover the assets of your home-based business. These policies often exclude or stri...  Read more

Proving a Worker Is Not an Employee

Oct 22, 1999

Q: I have a new, very small Internet business that I started last year from my home. I have no employees, but I hired a friend to answer ...  Read more

Running a Business Without Insurance

Oct 22, 1999

What are the legal ramifications of not carrying workers' compensation insurance, should a claim arise? For better and for worse, the workers' comp system...  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

Grub Stakes

Oct 21, 1999

At Jack Hartnett's company, managers have an equity stake in the operations they run. "You've got to give them a piece of the action. That gives them thei...  Read more

State of the Art: Broken

Oct 21, 1999

Q: I purchased a laptop computer from a company called Inca Computers. The company not only sold it to me but was also the manufacturer. ...  Read more

Locating Your Business

Oct 21, 1999

Commercial real estate brokers are fond of saying that the three most important factors in establishing a business are location, location, and location. W...  Read more

How to Create a Pre-Incorporation Agreement

Oct 21, 1999

This article describes a pre-incorporation form designed for people who plan to incorporate a small business owned by a handful of shareholders, each of w...  Read more

Borrowing Money for Your Business

Oct 21, 1999

If you run a small business--or would like to start one--you'll probably need to raise money at one time or another. You may want to expand on your succes...  Read more