Business Law for Entrepreneurs and Managers

Business Law for Entrepreneurs and Managers, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.55, with 53 lectures, based on 56 reviews, and has 410 subscribers.

You will learn about 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 This course is ideal for individuals who are Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Managers and Executives looking to better understand business law and the legal environment It is particularly useful for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Managers and Executives looking to better understand business law and the legal environment.

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Summary

Title: Business Law for Entrepreneurs and Managers

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 53

Number of Published Lectures: 53

Number of Curriculum Items: 63

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 63

Original Price: $44.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will 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

Who Should Attend

Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Managers and Executives looking to better understand business law and the legal environment

Target Audiences

Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Managers and Executives looking to better understand business law and the legal environment

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.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Thinking About The Law

Lecture 2: What Is The Law, Anyway?

Chapter 2: Who's Who in the Zoo – The Foundations of the US Legal System

Lecture 1: Foundations of U.S. Law

Lecture 2: The US Court System – An Intro

Lecture 3: Why Does Constitutional Law Matter?

Lecture 4: Key Cases

Lecture 5: Forty-Five Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 3: Call My Lawyer! Do I Need An Attorney? How Do I Know If They Are Any Good?

Lecture 1: When Do I Really Need A Lawyer?

Lecture 2: How To Hire A Lawyer

Lecture 3: Keep It Off The Floor – Business Ethics

Lecture 4: Creating Your Personal Code of Ethics

Chapter 4: Who Am I? What Am I? Why Am I Here? – Starting Your Business

Lecture 1: Your Very First Considerations In Starting Your Business

Lecture 2: Licensing and Registration

Lecture 3: What Should I Be? – Entity Selection Intro

Lecture 4: I'm So Alone! – The Sole Proprietorship

Lecture 5: And Then There Were Two (or more) – The Partnership

Lecture 6: Partners With Protection – The Limited Partnership

Lecture 7: Inc. on Paper! – The Corporation

Lecture 8: Limited Choice – the LLC

Lecture 9: Pros Only – The Professional Limited Liability Entities

Lecture 10: Buying an Existing Business

Lecture 11: Franchising! An Intro

Lecture 12: The Franchise Agreement

Chapter 5: That Is Mine! – Physical and Intellectual Property

Lecture 1: Mine mine mine mine! Intro to Property Law

Lecture 2: Thinking About The Home Based Business

Lecture 3: A Space Of Your Own – Commercial Leases

Lecture 4: Insurance As A Risk Management Tool

Chapter 6: Hey You! – Employees and Customers

Lecture 1: Don't Hurt Me! – Introduction to Tort Law

Lecture 2: Slip & Fall! – Premises Liability

Lecture 3: Protection – Intro to Consumer Protection Law

Lecture 4: MacPherson v. Buick

Lecture 5: You're Hired! – Hiring An Employee

Lecture 6: Another Work Day – Employees and the Law

Lecture 7: You're Fired! – Employee Terminations

Lecture 8: I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday – Accounts Receivable and Credit

Lecture 9: Pay Me Now! – The Collections Process

Chapter 7: I Promise! – Contract Law and Running Your Business

Lecture 1: This for That – Contracts Basics

Lecture 2: Getting COLIC – Contract Basics in a Nutshell

Lecture 3: You're Not Santa! – Clauses and Waivers

Lecture 4: Oh Goodie! – The UCC and the Sale of Goods

Lecture 5: Breaching! – Resolving Contract Disputes

Lecture 6: Hadley v. Baxendale

Lecture 7: This is Taxing! – Intro to Business Tax Law

Lecture 8: Getting SALTy – State and Local Tax Issues

Lecture 9: I'm Being Audited! – A Primer on Tax Audits

Chapter 8: I Got Sued! – Civil Procedure, Evidence, Remedies

Lecture 1: Please Be Civil! – The Civil Lawsuit

Lecture 2: I Object – Evidence

Chapter 9: I Got Arrested! – Criminal Law

Lecture 1: Cuff 'Em – Basics of Criminal Law and Business

Lecture 2: I Got Scammed! – Typical Scams and Frauds

Chapter 10: Raising Money and Selling the Business – Capital and the Exit Strategy

Lecture 1: I'm Out – Selling Your Business

Lecture 2: I'm Out Part 2 – Retirement…Planned and Unplanned

Lecture 3: We're in the Money! – Going Public

Lecture 4: Gone Bust – Bankruptcy and Workouts

Instructors

Ed Barton
Experienced Entrepreneur, Attorney, CPA and Executive

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4 stars: 18 votes
5 stars: 33 votes

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