Presents:Legal Basics: A Guide to Building and Operating a Business
Program Overview:
This course will survey the most important legal and business concepts involved in starting, structuring, and operating a new or small business. It is designed to help you recognize and plan for the issues that arise when you form a company, hire key personnel, borrow money, and enter business agreements. The program will address management, intellectual property, employment, contract, and tax considerations.
What you will learn:
- How to choose the right business entity for your company: tax and business considerations of partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.
- How to enter and properly manage employment relationships, and common HR issues.
- How to identify, protect and manage intellectual property.
- How to structure business agreements with vendors, customers, lenders, and others.
Who should attend:
Founders, owners, and managers of small to medium-sized businesses, as well as scientists and technology experts considering a business start-up, who need to understand the core principles of structuring and operating a business.
About the Presenters:
Bruce M. O’Brien is a Certified Specialist in Taxation Law (State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) whose practice involves all aspects of Federal and State taxation, with particular emphasis on partnerships, limited liability companies, business planning, estate planning and tax controversies. He is a partner and member of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP’s Tax, Corporate and Securities Practice Groups. His tax controversy practice involves representing taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board, and State Board of Equalization, as well as in the United States Tax Court and other federal and state tax forums.
James M. Peterson is a partner and Chair of the Business Litigation Department and Labor and Employment Practice Group at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP. Mr. Peterson is a business litigation attorney with special emphasis in employment law and litigation. Mr. Peterson advises and litigates disputes for business clients on various aspects of the employment relationship including misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information, covenants not to compete, protection of customer lists and employees, discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contract, wage and hour laws, and wrongful termination.
Charles F. Reidelbach is a partner and member of the Business Litigation Department and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice Groups at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP. Mr. Leeds is a commercial litigation attorney with special emphasis in business disputes and insolvency matters, including Chapter 11 reorganization. Mr. Leeds advises and represents his clients, who include business owners, investors and creditors, with regard to management disputes, creditors rights, commercial contract disputes, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and other business matters.
Jorge Sanchez is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of CEYX® Technologies, Inc. Mr. Sanchez has over 25 years of technology development and engineering management experience at NCR Corporation, National Semiconductor, and over 20 years at Hewlett-Packard to manage the company’s technology development. Prior to CEYX Technologies, Mr. Sanchez was a partner and founder of Omni Tracking Company, which developed FSK communications transmitter and receiver units for wireless communications products. He will lend his insight from years of industry and business experience.
James M. Peterson is a partner and Chair of the Business Litigation Department and Labor and Employment Practice Group at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP. Mr. Peterson is a business litigation attorney with special emphasis in employment law and litigation. Mr. Peterson advises and litigates disputes for business clients on various aspects of the employment relationship including misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information, covenants not to compete, protection of customer lists and employees, discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contract, wage and hour laws, and wrongful termination.
Charles F. Reidelbach is a partner and member of the Business Litigation Department and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice Groups at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP. Mr. Leeds is a commercial litigation attorney with special emphasis in business disputes and insolvency matters, including Chapter 11 reorganization. Mr. Leeds advises and represents his clients, who include business owners, investors and creditors, with regard to management disputes, creditors rights, commercial contract disputes, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and other business matters.
Jorge Sanchez is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of CEYX® Technologies, Inc. Mr. Sanchez has over 25 years of technology development and engineering management experience at NCR Corporation, National Semiconductor, and over 20 years at Hewlett-Packard to manage the company’s technology development. Prior to CEYX Technologies, Mr. Sanchez was a partner and founder of Omni Tracking Company, which developed FSK communications transmitter and receiver units for wireless communications products. He will lend his insight from years of industry and business experience.
Date: May 13, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Registration begins 7:30 a.m.)
Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121
Fees: Pre-Registration $45. At the Door $55.
Note: Breakfast will be provided for participants
Email: bkraynack@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1312
Register at: http://connect.kintera.org/FrameWorks2008
Date:
Tuesday, May 13, 20088:00AM-11:00AM
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Location:
10905 Road to the CureSan Diego, CA 92121
