Offers a guide to legal issues in a variety of subject areas, including international transations, contracts, intellectual property, computers, and business succession planning.

What's legally sound-and what's not-for the most common problems facing today's small business owner One of the most difficult aspects of starting and running a small business is knowing what legal loopholes to take advantage of ...and what legal pitfalls to avoid. Written by a practicing attorney, this is the small business owner's quick-access guide to 155 major legal do's and don'ts, in such areas as forms of business, hiring and firing, financing, intellectual property, computers, litigation, and more. * Features a reader-friendly format ideal for the legal layperson. * Clearly and thoroughly discusses each potential problem-both in terms of what is legally sound and what is decidedly not * Topics are cross-referenced PAUL ADAMS (Albuquerque, New Mexico) was formerly president and CEO of Calios, Inc., a manufacturer of high speed optic network equipment. A practicing attorney, he now specializes in assisting new venture companies.

• Types of Businesses
• Financing
• Litigation and the Alternatives
• Intellectual Property
• Commercial Transactions
• International Transactions
• Employment
• Contracts
• Computers
• Business Succession Planning
• Appendix
• Index