Small Business Legal Clinic
Student Resources
- Form Collections
- Forms Collection #1: intake, file opening, file closing
- Forms Collection #2: communications about deliverables
- Forms Collection #3: transactional forms
- Case Handling Protocols
- Trademark Registrations
- Non-profit corporation Protocol
- 501(c)(3) Protocol
- LLC Protocol
- For-profit corporation Protocol
- Copyright Protocol
- Client Educational Materials
- Client Referrals
- CLICK HERE for Client Referral Agencies
- ALLIANCE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Assistance to small companies to secure SBA loans and other forms of financing
- Research Shortcuts -
- CLICK HERE for legal research links
- Substantive Links
- Choice of Entity
- Outline of Basic Entity Types
- What type of Entity Should I form?
- Choosing an Entity for a Law Practice
- Tax advantages/disadvantages of entity types
- Tax considerations in choice of entity type
- Client education: Corporation vs LLC
- Corporate Transparency Act
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Taxation of LLCs
- Leases Between Sole Member and his/her LLC
- Converting a corporation into an LLC
- Distributions by an LLC to its Members
- Creating an "LLC Envelop" type entity
- Designating a successor member in a single member LLC
- Intellectual Property
- The Copyright Claims Board
- Resolve copyright disputes of low economic value with a less expensive alternative to federal court
- Overview of Patents
- Patent Application Preparation
- Patenting Software
- Patenting Software (another article)
- Overview of Trade Secrets
- Overview of Copyrights
- How to Register a Copyright (U.S. Copyright Office)
- Trademarks: how to claim "acquired distinctiveness" under Section 2f
- Trademarks - explanation of basic concepts
- Securities Law
- Advice emails to client thinking about issuing stock (four emails to be send in succession)
- Securities law compliance
- CLICK HERE for client education links (formatted to be copied into an email)
- Issues With Having Employees
- Guide to Fair Labor Standards Act
- Exemptions to Fair Labor Standards Act
- "Employee" vs "Independent Contractor"
- Taxes
- Taxation of Partnerships (on-line version of IRS Publication 541)
- Understanding Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs (article by law professor)
- Partnership "special allocations" (an explaination of "substantial economic effect")
- Tax consequences of an LLC paying its Members for services
- Taking money out of an S-corporation
- Tax Exempt Status and Nonprofits
- IRS Exempt Organization Search Tool
- IRS Audit Technique Guides and Technical Guides for Exempt Organizations
- Nonprofit Resources (collection of useful links)
- Information on Form 1023-EZ - Special form for smaller nonprofits
- Application Guide: 501(c)(3) exemptions
- Honoring the "corporate formalities"
- IRS guide to "group exemptions"
- IRS -terminating or merging an exempt organization
- Public Charity vs Private Foundation
- Roberts Rules of Order
- Information on registration requirements of Florida Charitable Solicitation Act
- Corporations
- Small Business Resources
- SBA - "Starting & Managing a Small Business" (excellent collection of resources)
- Small Business Toolkit (links to resources)
- Outline for Creating Business Plan
- Franchise Checklist
- Spreadsheet to calculate start-up cost for a new small business
- Small Business Law (comprehensive collection of links)
- Tips for Small Businesses on How to Avoid Litigation
- Sample provisions for a term sheet from a lender
- Nonprofit Resources
- Nonprofit Resources (collection of many hyperlinks)
- Checklist of Legal Issues for Nonprofits
- Other Legal Forms
- Contracts
- Website Terms & Conditions
- Website Terms & Conditions - taken from ABA Business Law Section
- How to Write Effective Terms of Use for Website - from NOLO
- 5 Reasons Why You Need Terms and Conditions
- Website Terms And Conditions Legal Requirements
- Terms of Use Website: Everything You Need to Know
- Are Website Terms and Conditions Legally Binding
- Protecting Assets
- Continuity Planning For Closely Held and Family Businesses
- LLCs are better for protecting personal assets than are corporations
- Caveat: the Florida Supreme Court's recent "Olmstead" decision removed the asset protection advantage enjoyed by single member LLCs over corporations (the advantage enjoyed by multiple member LLCs remain unaffected). Click here to read the case
- Following that decision Florida Statutes was amended to clarify the rules for single member LLCs - CLICK HERE to read an article on the "Olmstead Fix"
- Word Processing
- Prevent automatic double spacing in Word after line breaks
- Tutorial on using "track marks"
- Signature block examples for LLCs & Corporations
- Examples of poor writing
- Tip to Improve Your Writing Style - Write how you speak - when speaking people use simple English so that it has a natural sounds to it. Aim to give your writing the same easy flow.
- Powerpoint - trademark Overview
- Likelihood of Confusion - Gemini AI drafting assistance
- Advanced Contracts powerpoint (David's guest lecture)
- BUSINESS PLANNING
- Commercial Lease Checklist
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Instructions on use: copy the links on the page to your clipboard then "paste" them into an email message. DO NOT paste as plain text (so that the hyperlinks in the pasted text are preserved)
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Trademarks
Contracts
Nonprofits
Business planning
Taxes
CHOICE OF ENTITY
ADVANCED CONTRACTS
Munevar - Gemini AI - Services needed from "time to time"
Vigil - installation contract for impact doors and windows
Schmitt -Furniture Fabrication
Medina Sale of Chemicals.
Medina Sales agency agreement
- LLC limited liability - olmstead - Delaware
- LLC Operating Agreement - single member
- LLC Operating Agreement - manager managed
- LLC Operating Agreement - member managed
- Sale of LLC Membership Interests
- Things to consider when forming a multi-member LLC:l
- LLC Capital Accounts
- Powerpoint - Joint Venture Considerations
- Powerpoint - Word Processing
- Website Terms & Conditions
- Sample Website Terms (selling goods online)
- Pro se debt collection: Small Claims Court how-to
COMMUNITY EDUCATION - presentations