Business Organizations for Paralegals

by Bouchoux, Deborah E.

• ISBN13: 9780735517349
• ISBN10: 0735517347
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS FOR PARALEGALS carefully guides students through each form of business enterprise - complementing the presentation with simple and practical tips on forming and maintaining businesses. Author of the highly successful Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals and a respected paralegal educator, Deborah E. Bouchoux not only provides students with a detailed overview of the subject area, but also give them a firm understanding of its terms and concepts. Business Organizations for Paralegals clearly explains the tasks required of paralegals in services involving formation, tax planning, combination, dissolution, and other business activities; the advantages and disadvantages of each form of organization, including limited liability companies; how business is conducted, with terms and concepts defined as they arise in context; principles of employee compensation and employment agreements; business ethics and other special topics in business law...and much more. For each of the five major types of organization, The book includes a section on the paralegal's role, sample forms with tips for preparing documents, resource guides, and discussion questions that challenge students to apply concepts to fact patterns. Appendices include: statutes from which business organization concepts are derived; Secretary of State listings for all 50 states; samples of bylaws; a consent in lieu of meeting form; and a shareholder buy-sell agreement. A comprehensive glossary helps explain new terms and concepts to students.

Table of Contents

Contents	xi
Preface	xxxi
Acknowledgments	xxxiii
Introduction to Business Organizations and Agency Law	1	(18)
Sole Proprietorships	19	(14)
General Partnerships	33	(38)
Limited Partnerships	71	(30)
Registered Limited Liability Partnerships	101	(18)
Limited Liability Companies	119	(24)
Other Unincorporated Organizations	143	(14)
Introduction to Corporations	157	(20)
Formation of Corporations	177	(44)
Corporate Finances	221	(32)
Corporate Management	253	(44)
Corporate Dividends	297	(16)
Securities Regulation and the Stock Exchanges	313	(34)
Changes in the Corporate Structure and Corporate Combinations	347	(34)
Qualification of Foreign Corporations	381	(16)
Termination of Corporate Existence	397	(18)
Corporate Variations	415	(30)
Employee Compensation and Employment Agreements	445	(26)
Special Topics in Business Law	471	(36)
Appendix A Secretaries of State and State Corporations Statutes	507	(6)
Appendix B Uniform Partnership Act	513	(10)
Appendix C Revised Uniform Partnership Act	523	(18)
Appendix D General Partnership Agreement	541	(4)
Appendix E Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act	545	(12)
Appendix F Revised Model Business Corporation Act	557	(48)
Appendix G Selected Delaware Statutes	605	(42)
Appendix H Corporate Bylaws	647	(8)
Appendix I Written Consent in Lieu of the Organizational Meeting	655	(6)
Appendix J Shareholders' Buy-Sell Agreement	661	(6)
Appendix K Letter of Intent	667	(4)
Glossary	671	(20)
Index	691