Top Legal Stories You Might Have Missed
In some recent articles, linked below for your ease of reference, we wrote about:

  • Why corporations are a better choice for employee equity compensation than LLCs;
  • Tips on negotiating the marketing fund contribution requirement before buying a franchise;
  • The information required to prove misappropriation of a trade secret;
  • Successor liability and in asset purchases; and
  • Some practical tips on protecting your trademark.

Read all my articles at https://sdcorporatelaw.com/blog/

Please enjoy the articles below and feel free to contact me for a consultation when you require legal counsel.
In this article, we discuss another difference between corporations and limited liability companies (“LLCs”). Both are corporate entities and serve similar functions (such as providing a shield against personal liability for the owners). However, providing ownership equity as compensation is different for the two types of...

Almost every franchise agreement contains provisions with respect to marketing or advertising funds. Sometimes the provisions are called “brand building funds” or “brand awareness funds.” In general, the provisions require that the franchisee to contribute monies into a fund which is spent by the franchisor on advertising and marketing.

Trade secrets are valuable business assets, and trade secrets are not the dramatic stuff of Hollywood action movies locked up in high-tech vaults. Under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”), Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.1(d), trade secrets can be mundane like customer lists, pricing sheets, and delivery schedules. It is...

As a general rule, if your San Diego business buys the assets of another company in an asset purchase/acquisition, your business does not automatically assume the liabilities of the seller. In fact, that is one of the reasons to structure a transaction as an asset purchase, rather than a purchase of the company outright through a...

Trademarks and service marks are common throughout the business and commercial marketplace. A trade/service mark is any symbol or mark that identifies a product or service as having a unique commercial source. The symbol or mark can be words, letters, designs, logos, colors, and various combinations thereof. Trade...

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