Legal forms for starting & running a small business

Fred S. Steingold9780873379717, 0873379713

Like most small business owners, you probably can’t afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business.
Now there’s an affordable solution — Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Busines, which provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them.
This collection of essential legal and business documents helps you:
*create contracts to buy, sell, rent or store goods
*hire employees and independent contractors
*protect your trade secrets
*create noncompete agreements
*borrow and lend money 
*buy a business
*lease commercial space
*prepare corporate bylaws
*record minutes of meetings
*buy real estate
*and much more
All forms come as tear-outs and on a CD-ROM. The 3rd edition is completely updated with the latest legal documents, contracts and other forms, and includes a new checklist to help you through the start-up process.

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Table of contents :
Team DDU……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 10
How to Use This Book……Page 14
B Do You Need a Lawyer?……Page 16
1 Contract Basics……Page 18
A Names Clause: Identifying the Parties to a Contract……Page 19
B Signature Clause: Signing a Contract……Page 21
C Standard Clauses……Page 28
D Resolving Disputes……Page 31
E Attachments……Page 33
F Amendments……Page 35
2 Forming Your Business……Page 40
A Form 2A: Checklist for Starting a Small Business……Page 43
B Form 2B: Partnership Agreement……Page 51
C Form 2C: Pre-Incorporation Agreement……Page 57
D Form 2D: Corporate Bylaws……Page 61
E Form 2E: Stock Agreement……Page 65
F Form 2F: LLC Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC……Page 68
3 Running Your Corporation……Page 72
A Form 3A: Notice of Shareholders’ Meeting……Page 74
B Form 3B: Notice of Directors’ Meeting……Page 76
C Form 3C: Shareholder Proxy……Page 78
D Form 3D: Minutes of Shareholders’ Meeting……Page 79
E Form 3E: Minutes of Directors’ Meeting……Page 80
F Form 3F: Minutes of Telephone Conference Directors’ Meeting……Page 82
G Form 3G: Consent of Shareholders……Page 84
H Form 3H: Consent of Directors……Page 85
4 Borrowing Money……Page 88
A Understanding Promissory Notes in General……Page 89
B The Promissory Notes in This Chapter……Page 94
C Form 4C: Promissory Note (Amortized Monthly Payments)……Page 95
D Form 4D: Promissory Note (Balloon Payment)……Page 97
E Form 4E: Promissory Note (Interest-Only Payments)……Page 99
F Form 4F: Promissory Note (Lump-Sum Payment)……Page 101
G Form 4G: Security Agreement for Borrowing Money……Page 102
5 Buying a Business……Page 106
A Form 5A: Contract for Purchase of Assets From an Unincorporated Business……Page 109
B Form 5B: Contract for Purchase of Assets From a Corporation……Page 119
D Form 5D: Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock……Page 122
E Form 5E: Bill of Sale for Business Assets……Page 126
F Form 5F: Seller’s Affidavit: No Creditors……Page 127
G Form 5G: Security Agreement for Buying Business Assets……Page 130
6 Leasing Space……Page 134
A Form 6A: Gross Lease……Page 136
B Form 6B: Net Lease for Entire Building……Page 143
C Form 6C: Net Lease for Part of Building……Page 146
D Form 6D: Sublease……Page 150
E Form 6E: Landlord’s Consent to Sublease……Page 156
F Form 6F: Assignment of Lease……Page 157
G Form 6G: Notice of Exercise of Lease Option……Page 159
H Form 6H: Extension of Lease……Page 161
I Form 6I: Amendment of Lease……Page 162
J Form 6J: Attachment to Lease……Page 163
7 Purchasing Real Estate……Page 166
A Beware of Possible Environmental Problems……Page 168
B Form 7B: Contract to Purchase Building……Page 169
C Form 7C: Option to Purchase Building……Page 178
D Form 7D: Contract to Purchase Vacant Land……Page 181
E Form 7E: Option to Purchase Vacant Land……Page 183
F Form 7F: Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract……Page 185
G Form 7G: Amendment of Real Estate Purchase Contract……Page 186
H Form 7H: Removal of Contingency……Page 187
I Form 7I: Extension of Time to Remove Contingencies……Page 188
J Form 7J: Exercise of Option to Purchase Real Estate……Page 189
8 Buying, Selling, Manufacturing……Page 190
A Form 8A: Sales Contract (Lump-Sum Payment)……Page 191
B Form 8B: Sales Contract (Installment Payments)……Page 196
C Form 8C: Bill of Sale for Goods……Page 198
D Form 8D: Security Agreement for Buying Goods……Page 199
E Form 8E: Contract for Manufacture of Goods……Page 201
F Form 8F: Equipment Rental Contract……Page 203
G Form 8G: Storage Contract……Page 205
H Form 8H: Consignment Contract……Page 208
9 Hiring Employees and Independent Contractors……Page 210
A Form 9A: Employment Application……Page 214
B Form 9B: Authorization to Release Information……Page 215
C Form 9C: Offer of Employment……Page 216
D Form 9D: Confidentiality Agreement……Page 217
E Form 9E: Covenant Not to Compete……Page 219
F Form 9F: Contract With Independent Contractor……Page 222
A How to Use the CD-ROM……Page 228
B Tear-Out Forms……Page 234
Index……Page 424