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		<title>Evaluating Potential Liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Liability Prevention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before understanding how to prevent legal liability, the obvious first step is to understand where the danger is coming from.  Below is a conservative view of potential threats to your business in the employee context. Recognizing your weak points is an essential step in any important venture.  Your weak points may not be easily apparent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-disclosure Contract Agreements (NDA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-compete Contract Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A non-compete clause or covenant not to compete (CNC), is a term used in contract law under which one party (usually an employee) agrees not to pursue a similar profession or trade in competition against another party (usually the employer). As a contract provision, a CNC is bound by traditional contract requirements including the consideration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Information about Business Loan Modifications</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business Loan Modification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Loan Modification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial loan modifications is becoming a more common solution for both business owners and lenders during a difficult economic recession.  Like any classic loan modification, the basic principle is mitigating loss for the lender and the borrower.  A commercial loan workout is a creative solution that may be overlooked without aggressive negotiation. The commercial loan workout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Information about Asset Acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asset Acquisition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asset Acquisition is a buyout strategy for certain businesses that focus on key assets of a particular company in contrast to purchasing its shares.  Most buyouts of this kind occur in the event of bankruptcy, where the bankruptcy company might otherwise have valuable assets which could be used by other companies, but whose financial condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government and Regulatory Bodies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last weak point of evaluating potential liability is exposure to the government and other regulatory bodies. General compliance with the laws is an obvious step in risk management.  This can cover everything from proper business tax filings, proper registration of your business corporation and DBA, and acquiring the appropriate business license.
Licensed or regulated industries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customers and Clients: Treat Them Well</title>
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		<comments>http://www.topfloorlegal.com/risk-management/customers-and-clients-treat-them-well#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Customer Relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your clients are your life source, but disputes may and do arise that leave you open to liability.  Risk management in this area is highly dependent on the area of business.  If you are in the service industry, negligence or acts below the standard of care are the most common source of litigation from your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles: The trouble within</title>
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		<comments>http://www.topfloorlegal.com/business-contracts-transactions/partnership-contract-agreement-business-transactions/principles-the-trouble-within#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Partnership Contract Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shareholder Contract Agreement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separations between principles (partners, shareholders, members, etc.)  have increased since the downturn of the economy, yet there are still many businesses that fail despite no financial stress.  Agreements and expectations should contemplate all foreseeable future scenarios.  Where they do not, there is a high risk of failure.
An impenetrable fortress is always vulnerable from the inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees: your assets today, potential liabilities tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.topfloorlegal.com/risk-management/step-1-evaluate-potential-liability-employees-your-assets-today-potential-liabilities-tomorrow</link>
		<comments>http://www.topfloorlegal.com/risk-management/step-1-evaluate-potential-liability-employees-your-assets-today-potential-liabilities-tomorrow#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent contract agreement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Employee-based liability is associated with how you hire your employees, treat them while employed, what they do while they are employed, and firing them. Your potential liability in this area generally include three different sub-categories (1) labor law related, (2) vicarious liability, and (3) unlawful hiring and firing.  This is just a quick over view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Steps in Business Legal Liability Prevention</title>
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		<comments>http://www.topfloorlegal.com/risk-management/3-steps-in-business-legal-liability-prevention#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Liability Prevention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most lawsuits do not go to trial.  They are settled out of court.  For those that know that, they can take advantage.  Take a family-owned restaurant in Southern California for example. Ron Piazza was sued for a mirror that was two inches too high for the disability regulations and standards.[1] It does not matter whether [...]]]></description>
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