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Richard Burt Professional Law Corporation
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Richard Burt Professional Law Corporation55 S Market St #1500
San Jose, CA 95113
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- Attorney-Client Matters
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- Bulk Sale
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- Buy-Sell Agreement
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- Entity Law
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- Limited Liability Partnerships
- Limited Partnerships
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Minority Shareholders
- Non-competes
- Piercing the Corporate Veil
- Professional Corporations
- Purchase and Sale of a Business
- Qualifying to Do Business
- S corporations
- Securities Law
- Successor liability
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Individualized Promissory Note Held Not To Be a Security
The following is the text of an e-bulletin that I authored and that was published by the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. In People v. Black (Feb. 16, 2017), the court of … Continue reading
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Bank CD’s not covered by Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
In Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice (U.S. Supreme Court February 26, 2014), the Supreme Court held that bank CD’s not traded on national securities exchange are not a “covered security” and therefore a class action based on fraud in connection … Continue reading
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Third-Party Liability for Securities Fraud
In some cases, a service provider associated with a business, such as an accountant, banker, broker, or lawyer, can be held liable for untruths or omissions made by the business in connection with the sale of stock (or other securities, … Continue reading
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Ex-CFO Allowed to Sue for Defamatory Innuendo in Press Release
In Hawran v. Hixson (2012), the court allowed a CFO who had resigned from a public company to sue the company and certain directors because the company’s press release implied that he had engaged in misconduct. Sequenom was a publicly … Continue reading
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Zalkind v. Ceradyne, Inc.
In 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Sky Law, Contract Drafting, Purchase and Sale of a Business, Securities Law
Tagged asset purchase, breach of contract, indemnification, rescission, statute of limitations
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