By: Rick Ressler

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When you decide that your business needs to raise money, and you decide to approach outside investors, there are some critical legal issues that you should be aware of.  After 32 years of legal experience and working on well over 100 private and public offerings, I have observed that certain issues often get missed, even by the sophisticated investor.  There are many important considerations, and certainly more than 5 legal “things to consider”, but here are the ones that seem to recur.

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By: Charles Moster

Drifting snow, chiming bells, and rosy cheeks mark the beginning of our merry holiday season.  And many businesses anticipate the greatest holiday gift of all: the economic outlook has begun to turn rosy as well.

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By Charles Moster

I’ve always been fascinated by time travel stories which often deal with the possibility of alternative histories.  In the typical story line, a time traveler journeys back in the past and accidently changes the course of history.  The potential outcomes are fascinating.  What if the South prevailed during the Civil War?  What if the Germans in WWII had successfully completed their nuclear research and produced the first atomic bomb?  What if Monica Lewinsky passed up that opportunity to work as an intern in the Clinton administration?  I would surmise that Al Gore would have been elected President in 2000 and a gentlemen named Barack Obama would be a fairly obscure junior Senator from Chicago.  And so on.
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In what is shaping up to be a recurring collaboration, we want to highlight some expert commentary from Fred Patterson. Fred is a huge advocate of growing the economy by growing small business and, in particular, by finding ways to fund innovation with Federal money that never has to be paid back!

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By Charles Moster
I was reminiscing with an old client of the Firm when suddenly he looked decidedly uncomfortable and a bit on the queasy side.  I inquired if he was suffering from food poisoning or some such malady when he confided that this year was spinning by so fast he would never achieve his financial goals for 2008.  (more…)