Books
Edward R. Alexander, 10 Common and Costly Legal Mistakes and How to Avoid them. A Business Law Bible for Entrepreneurs (2010).
Abstract: Learn about hidden landmines and missteps in the areas of contracts, partnerships and shareholders agreements, dealing with employees, protecting your assets, franchising, growing your business and selling your business.
Constance Bagley & Craig Dauchy, THE ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS LAW (3rd ed., 2007).
Abstract: Provides an accessible overview of a wide range of legal issues facing entrepreneurs and small businesses from choice of entity to intellectual property to employment law issues.
Constance E. Bagley, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law (4th ed. 2011).
Abstract: The updated 4th Edition of The Entrepreneur's Guide To Business Law takes you through the various stages of starting a business--from start-up and growth to an initial public offering--while highlighting the legal preparations and pitfalls that go along with them. Packed with practical strategies for managing legal issues, the text presents the essentials on leaving your job, competing with a former employer, contract law, and bankruptcy, as well as on the most current issues like clean energy, e-commerce, and the effects of the recent recession on entrepreneurship.
Constance E. Bagley & Diane W. Savage, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century (6th ed. 2009).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): Comprehensive, timely, and accessible, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, imparts the legal and risk management know-how essential to business managers today.
Jean L. Batman, Advising the Small Business-Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner (2007).
Abstract (from publisher): This book is designed to help lawyers provide more effective legal counsel and strategic guidance to small business clients, as well as produce relevant documents, and identify issues that require further research or a specialist. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that includes sample documents and checklists for easy customization as well as resources for obtaining additional forms and information on a number of issues that small businesses commonly face.
Robert L. Brown & Alan S. Gutterman, EMERGING COMPANIES GUIDE: A RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONALS AND ENTERPRISES (2005).
Abstract: This guide-book includes forms and checklists for such topics as new product development, marketing, and growth and exit strategies. A companion CD-ROM is also included.
Michelle Cagan, STREETWISE INCORPORATING YOUR BUSINESS: FROM LEGAL ISSUES TO TAX CONCERNS, ALL YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH AND PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS (2007).
Abstract (from publisher): Incorporating your business can provide numerous legal and financial advantages-it also has long-term ramifications on how you manage and structure your organization. This title not only educates you about the benefits of incorporating your business, it also helps you determine which corporate form and structure will be the most advantageous for your personal circumstances.
Daniel V. Davidson & Lynn M. Forsythe, THE ENTREPRENEUR'S LEGAL COMPANION (2010).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): This survey covers a range of topics, including: learning how to recognize and avoid legal risks as a foundation for venture growth and success; hiring a Lawyer to help protect the enterprise; avoiding litigation; selecting the proper business form; establishing and serving on boards of directors; operating through agents and officers; raising funds for the venture; avoiding forts and minimizing risks; supervising workers to reduce the risks; complying with employment laws; protecting the venture's name and reputation; protecting what makes the venture unique; minimizing and shifting risks through contracts; obtaining insurance to protect the enterprise from risks; identifying legal risks before they become legal problems.
Daniel V. Davidson & Lynn M. Forsythe, The Entrepreneur’s Legal Companion (2011).
Abstract: Topics covered include hiring a lawyer to help protect the enterprise; selecting the proper business form; raising funds for the venture; protecting the venture's name and reputation and what makes the venture unique and identifying legal risks before they become legal problems.
Leonard DuBoff, LAW (IN PLAIN ENGLISH) FOR SMALL BUSINESS (2007).
Abstract (from publisher): This highly accessible "legal companion" spells out--in plain, simple English--the complex legal issues involved in starting up and running a business. It provides quick, authoritative answers to everyday legal business questions and shows readers how to identify potential problems.
Franklin Gevurtz, BUSINESS PLANNING (3rd ed. 1995).
Abstract: This guide-book includes forms and checklists for such topics as new product development, marketing, and growth and exit strategies. A companion CD-ROM is also included.
Lisa Gordon-Davis & Peter Cumberlege, Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs (2007).
Abstract (from FlipCart): A guide to the complex legal requirements involved in the planning, registering and operating of small business enterprises. It offers the reader legal procedures surrounding the start-up and operational facets of entrepreneurship, covering such topics as employment equity and BEE, good governance standards and skills development requirements.
David R. Henderson & Charles L. Hooper, MAKING GREAT DECISIONS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE (2007).
Abstract (from publisher): The phrase "work smarter, not harder" has been repeatedly ridiculed in the Dilbert comic strip and elsewhere, not because it is a bad idea, but because it is thrown like a brick lifesaver to drowning employees. To tell someone to work smarter is like telling someone to be happier, healthier, and richer. It's not much help to merely repeat the objective; what people need is a plan for achieving the objective. In Making Great Decisions, we show our readers how to achieve their objectives. We write to help those in business and those in the business of life--i.e., everyone--to work smarter. Our ideas are both simple and powerful. We offer a better way to look at problems so that the solutions are easier to find. We help supplement our readers' clear thinking by summarizing some of the most powerful techniques we have discovered.
Marjorie Jobe, BUSINESS LAW BATTLE PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURS: PROTECT YOUR COMPANY FROM LAWYERS, LAWSUITS AND LEGAL DISASTERS (2009).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com):A practical legal guide that discusses, among other things, how to prevent employee lawsuits, protect the defendant’s rights in a federal investigation, limit cyberspace liability, decide when to sue and when to walk away, safeguard assets with marital property agreements, develop effective business contracts, hire and manage the right lawyer and other topics.
Susan R. Jones, LEGAL GUIDE TO MICROENTERPRISE (2004).
Abstract: Microenterprise development is a community economic development and anti-poverty strategy designed to create jobs through self-employment. By turning interests, hobbies, and skills into small businesses, microentrepreneurs, many of them women, minorities, and members of underserved communities, fulfill their dreams of running a small business. As with any business, creating and maintaining the entity, no matter how small, involves legal issues and responsibilities including tax, regulatory, licensing, contracts, and liability matters. This book is written to inspire and guide lawyers who have volunteered to represent microentrepreneurs and their businesses, as well as the microenterprise development organizations that facilitate the development of these small businesses. Also, this book seeks to offer an overview of issues affecting microenterprise programs and resources in the industry.
Legal Guide for Small Business: Everything You Need to Know About Small Business, From Start-Up to Employment Laws to Financing and Selling (2d ed. 2010).
Abstract (from publisher): A comprehensive updated edition includes an appendix of resources and covers everything from an initial idea, to deciding what form a firm should take, to financing, hiring, working with customers, dealing with liabilities, intellectual property, taxes, selling a business and much more.
Ira Nottonson, THE SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL TOOL KIT (2007).
Abstract (from publisher): When your business dreams go from idea to reality, you're suddenly faced with laws and regulations governing nearly every move you make. Learn how to stay in compliance and protect your business from legal action with professional legal advice. In this essential toolkit, you'll get a thorough understanding of the legal and tax requirements of your business as well as the information you need to make informed decisions.
Ira Nottonson, Buying and Selling a Business (2008).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): This book covers both sides of the table, presenting the buyer's and the seller's perspectives, as well as critical steps in the sale process, including presentation, negotiation and documentation. Strategies specific to a buyer and a seller including initial research, preparation, cost analysis and working with professional advisors such as accountants and brokers.
Peri Pakroo, THE SMALL BUSINESS START-UP KIT: A STEP-BY-STEP LEGAL GUIDE (6th ed. 2010).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): Designed for the layman, this book explains in plain English how to: choose the best business structure; write an effective business plan; file the right forms in the right place; price, bid and bill your projects; draft and use contracts, online and off; manage your finances; be prepared for, and file, required taxes; reach customers online. It includes all the forms and instructions both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.
Michael Spadaccini, SMALL CLAIMS COURT GUIDEBOOK (2007).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): This book is designed for the business owner. Business owners are more likely than most to either become a defendant in a small claims case or need to bring a small claims case to court. This book covers the entire small claims court process from case evaluation to post-judgment demand letters.
Robert Sprague, Law for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners (2015).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): This business law text focuses on critical legal issues associated with starting and managing a small or entrepreneurial business. The author covers intellectual property; opening, managing, and closing businesses; and hiring and managing employees. Among the key features include the electronic format of the textbook which allows instructors to easily make connections between different parts of the book and cases that summarize significant rules of law and bottom line summaries of important topics.
Fred S. Steingold, LEGAL GUIDE FOR STARTING & RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS (11thed. 2009).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): This guide explains the practical and legal information needed to: raise start-up money; choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership or LLC; get licenses and permits; buy or sell a business or franchise; negotiate a favorable lease; insure your business; hire independent contractors safely; understand small business tax rules; pick and protect a good name; resolve legal disputes; adopt the best customer policies; enter into strong contracts; cope with financial problems.