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Can a limited partnership sell pensions or offer pensions?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 11, 2015

I'm not sure from the question where you are trying to go, but retirement plans are heavily regulated by ERISA. Are you trying to sell interests in...

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Jurisdiction & Venue???

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 08, 2015

I am reclassifying this as a personal injury question: I am fairly certain the pedestrian could sue in Delaware, Texas, or California but the...

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Severance Agr bars me from applying at affiliated entities. It is a trade assoc. Does this include members of the assoc?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 08, 2015

As a general rule, to be enforceable the restrictions would have to be "reasonable," and preventing you from working at all in the industry would...

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Does an acquiring company (public co.) need to provide an investor a receipt or calculation when converting shares to cash?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 05, 2015

What information have you received, and what information are you seeking? If your shares were part of an ESOP there may be some documentation...

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In terms of a merger with a publicly traded company, is it customary for the "Closing Date" to be the same as the merger date?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 05, 2015

"Custom" with public company mergers is for the merger agreement to be dated and signed immediately prior to the announcement of the deal, with...

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Starting an investment company trading stocks in form of LLC

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 05, 2015

Although your LLC is primarily trading securities, this is generally a business tax question. The first point to clarify is, are you the sole...

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Small business LLC used a sales rep LLC that stole $40,000 from us after collecting that money from our customer for services.

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 05, 2015

I think you want a tough litigator to use a three pronged approach: 1. Sue the individual sales rep and the LLC for breach of contract,...

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What raises to an Ethics violation for a corporate attorney? Minnesota.

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 04, 2015

As an attorney I am a bit biased against attorney ethics complaints. It seems that the attorney is representing the company, and is doing what the...

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Can company A's NDA (agreement) hold me from visiting Company A's office in india?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 03, 2015

I can't address the law in India, but in the US the NDA may be very enforceable. And I assume that by NDA you mean non-compete or non-solicit...

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Is a stock certificate from a company that has gone private by purchased back all stocks (except this one), still valid?

Samuel's answer | Answered on March 03, 2015

As a general rule, going private transactions and mergers (at least of public companies) force all shareholders to participate. Are you sure you...

Samuel Cahn's Answers (342)

Can a limited partnership sell pensions or offer pensions?

Jurisdiction & Venue???

Severance Agr bars me from applying at affiliated entities. It is a trade assoc. Does this include members of the assoc?

Does an acquiring company (public co.) need to provide an investor a receipt or calculation when converting shares to cash?

In terms of a merger with a publicly traded company, is it customary for the "Closing Date" to be the same as the merger date?

Starting an investment company trading stocks in form of LLC

Small business LLC used a sales rep LLC that stole $40,000 from us after collecting that money from our customer for services.

What raises to an Ethics violation for a corporate attorney? Minnesota.

Can company A's NDA (agreement) hold me from visiting Company A's office in india?

Is a stock certificate from a company that has gone private by purchased back all stocks (except this one), still valid?