Business Law for Entrepreneurs and Managers
Learn the key elements of US business law and the legal environment. Understand how to define your business, manage risks, and create agreements. Find out when to hire a lawyer and when to handle legal matters yourself. Taught by a seasoned lawyer and entrepreneur. Perfect for business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, and executives.
What you’ll learn
- The key elements that every entrepreneur, manager or business leader needs to know about United States business law and the legal environment.
- You should now be able to define from a legal perspective: • Your business • What legal form your business took and why • Your Code of Ethics • The major risks your business faces • How you manage those risks from a legal and insurance perspective • What types of agreements and contracts you expect to need • Your exit strategy • Where you will bring in a lawyer and where you will do it yourself
Lawyers are expensive and the law is complex. What would you give for an overview of the law, with examples of where you can do it yourself, for just a fraction of that cost?
At the end of the course, you should now be able to define from a legal perspective:
• Your business
• What legal form your business took and why
• Your Code of Ethics
• The major risks your business faces
• How you manage those risks from a legal and insurance perspective
• What types of agreements and contracts you expect to need
• Your exit strategy
• Where you will bring in a lawyer and where you will do it yourself
This course will provide a basic introduction to many of the elements of the law that any manager, entrepreneur or business owner should know, including:
How to hire a lawyer and when it is best to use one
The U.S. Legal System
The U.S. Court System
Starting a business
Registration and licensing
Buying a business
Franchise agreements
Commercial leases
Insurance
Home based businesses
Hiring and firing
Employment law
Consumer protection
Credit and collections
Business contracts
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Contract disputes
White collar crime
Scams and frauds
Federal, state and local taxes
Tax audits
Business codes of ethics
Business entities like LLC. Corporations, Partnerships
Selling your business
Retirement and estate planning for your business
Going public
Bankruptcy and workout
Constitutional Law
Property Law
Civil Lawsuits
Evidence
Torts
Criminal Law
You’ll end up with enough information to help you find the right lawyer, ask the right questions, and save yourself some money. Taught by a seasoned lawyer, entrepreneur and executive with over 25 years of practical business experience, you’ll get a broad exposure to issues and ideas that will help you and your business.
Who this course is for:
- Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Managers and Executives looking to better understand business law and the legal environment
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