California Business Law Deskbook, 2022-2023 ed.

California Business Law Deskbook is a comprehensive yet compact business law resource that provides integrated, practice-oriented, and user-friendly discussion and analysis of approximately 40 cutting-edge business law topics. It includes cost-effective strategies for organizing and operating a business. The set is conveniently divided into nine categories:

• Business organizations

• Contracts and commercial transactions

• Employment law

• Intellectual property law

• Advertising and distribution law

• Environmental law

• Securities

• Dissolution and bankruptcy

• Miscellaneous business law topics (including Internet law)

It focuses on substantive rather than procedural law and addresses transactional and litigation-oriented issues in equal measure. It includes practice pointers and forms, as well as strategies that have been successfully used in actual California transactions and business litigation. The text:

• Compares the major business entities in California, including corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies

• Covers employment law matters such as hiring, training, discipline, discharge, contracts, equal employment opportunity, and many others

• Identifies issues and problems relating to cutting-edge intellectual property topics

• Includes strategies for expanding client business through advertising, franchising/distribution, and raising capital in light of securities laws