Richard Burt Professional Law Corporation
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NOTE: Mr. Burt does not handle litigation of any kind. If you wish to sue someone, are being sued, or need to make a court filing of any kind, Mr. Burt cannot help you. You should not contact him for those services.
Purchase and Sale of a Business
Now that we are moving more and more into electronic records, can we dispense with stock certificates? Yes, we can, but for most closely held corporations, it may not be worthwhile to change to certificate-less stock. The failure to issue…
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Read MoreWhen a business that sells or leases goods at retail owes sales taxes to the California Board of Equalization (BOE), the buyer of the business can be responsible for paying the BOE the amount owing if the seller does not…
Read MoreWhen a business is required to deduct and withhold taxes and remit them to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), a successor to the business can be responsible for paying the amount owing to the FTB if the business does not pay…
Read MoreThe Delaware Court of Chancery has held that pre-merger communications — including those relating to the negotiation of the merger itself — pass to the surviving corporation in the merger, absent a contractual provision to the contrary. Thus, the buyer…
Read MoreOn November 14, 2104, I conducted a webinar on “Drafting Buy-Sell Agreements–What the Forms Books Won’t Tell You.” The program was jointly sponsored by the Corporations Committee and the Partnerships and LLC Committee of the Business Law Section of the…
Read MoreThe California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has recently announced that a report of the tax status of a business entity (limited liability company (LLC) or corporation) can be obtained online from the FTB for free. The report is officially referred…
Read MoreIn Zalkind v. Ceradyne, Inc. (2011) 194 Cal. App. 4th 1010, Ceradyne, Inc. (Ceradyne), entered into an asset purchase agreement (asset purchase agreement) with Stanley and Elizabeth Zalkind (the Zalkinds) and Quest Technology, LP (Quest), a limited partnership owned by…
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