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What Are Trade Regulations?

Trade regulation laws are laws enacted by both federal and state governments to promote unrestrained competition amongst businesses. Trade regulations extend into many categories of law, such as anti-...

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What are the Sherman Antitrust and Clayton Acts?

The Sherman Antitrust Act is a federal law prohibiting any contract, trust, or conspiracy in restraint of interstate or foreign trade. The Clayton Act regulates general practices that potentially may ...

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What is a Refusal to Deal?

The definition of a refusal to deal or a concerted refusal to deal is an agreement between competing companies, or a company and an individual or business, to refuse to do business with another. A ref...

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Business Law

Business law encompasses legal matters at every level: federal, local, and state laws. Balancing these differences may require multiple business lawyers who specialize in different......

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What is a Covenant Not To Compete?

A covenant not to compete, or a non-compete clause, is an agreement in which one party agrees not to work for the other party's direct competition in a specified area for a certain amount of time. Whi...

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How Many Owners/Members Can an LLC Have?

A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a corporation and partnership hybrid that allows owners the freedom of decision making of a partnership along with the liability protection of a corporation. Each ...

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Do You Need a Lawyer to Form Your Corporation?

While it is possible to form a corporation without the help of a corporate lawyer, it is important to keep in mind that the steps involved can be complex and the legal ramifications of losing corporat...

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What Are Seller’s Permits?

The requirements to register and obtain a sales tax permit or resale permit vary widely from state to state: in a majority of states, businesses dealing in tangible products for retail sale (or rental...

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Managing an LLC

A limited liability company may be managed however you like. When you set up a limited liability company or LLC, you create an operating agreement that will determine the management structure of the c...

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Steps You Can Take to Preserve Your LLC Status

You want to make sure you maintain the distinction between yourself and your business' not always easy in a small business' but it is an important distinction if you want to limit your personal liabil...

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Dissolving a Partnership

If you are operating in a partnership, then you have a right to dissolve it under the Uniform Partnership Act, which has been adopted in or influenced by the partnership law of almost every state....

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Steps Involved in Setting Up a Partnership

Setting up a business partnership is generally a straightforward process. Two types of business partnership exist: the general partnership and the limited liability partnership. Both types of partners...

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Do You Need a Partnership Agreement?

When setting up either a general partnership or a limited liability partnership, drafting a partnership agreement is a must. While it is legally possible to create a business partnership without a par...