Business Law
Business Law News 2015, Issue 4
Content
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Alternative for Family Farmers
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2015-2016
- Keeping the Keys to the Kingdom: Agreements a Business Should Not Be Without
- MCLE Article: the No Contact Rule Actually Does Apply to Transactional Lawyers
- Morris Hirsch Receives Business Law Section's Lifetime Achievement Award
- Resolving the Finders' Dilemma: California Clarifies the Role of Finders in Securities Laws Transactions
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2015-2016
- Table of Contents
- Bln Editorial Board: Message from the Editor
BLN Editorial Board: Message from the Editor
Everett L. Green
One of the challenges of the Business Law News is to provide a forum for works that reflect the diverse and evolving responsibilities of California’s business lawyers. No rulebook exists to assist a practitioner in responding to the countless obstacles faced by an operating business. The practice of business law places a premium on creativity and percipient planning.
This issue, our culminating issue for 2015, is our most recent effort to distill a set of principles to guide the business practitioner.
Capital is the lifeblood of any business venture. In forming business entities, a business lawyer must develop an intimate understanding of the rules and regulations governing an entity’s ability to raise capital. Julie Ryan’s article discussing recent legislative changes in California permitting start-up and mid-cap companies to use finders – persons that assist a company in raising capital – reinforces this concept.