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Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs Session #1 (of 6) ~ Business FormationMonday, October 18, 2010 at 6:00 PM (ET)Arlington, VA |
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Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs
Session #1 (of 6) ~ Business Entity Formation
Monday, October 18, 6PM - 8PM Presentation and Q & A with mixer immediately following.
Session 1 - Business Entity Formation
Presented by Karl Means, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
• Overview of Business Entities
• Types and Organization
• Management and Control
• Liability Protection
• Tax-Related Issues
• Business Agreements
• Shareholder and Membership Agreements
• Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Non-Profit Entities
• Types
• IRS Form 1023 for Tax-Exempt Status
• Common Mistakes for Entrepreneurs
Mr. Means is a shareholder in the Firm and chairs the Intellectual Property Group. His practice focuses on matters involving
technology transfer and licensing, domestic and international trademarks and branding, software, Internet and e-commerce
issues and copyright enforcement. He also has experience with general corporate matters and business-related issues such as
unfair competition, trade secrets and Web site use and privacy policies. He has conducted seminars on licensing, e-
commerce, the protection of trade secrets, copyright and the arts. Mr. Means serves as general counsel to the Montgomery
County Students Information Technology and Automotive Trades Foundations, each a public-private trades educational
program. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Maryland Technology Development Center, and the District of
Columbia Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Sports and Media Law. Before joining Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy
and Ecker, Mr. Means was a Senior Attorney for Intellectual Property Rights at the United States Customs Service. In that
capacity, he served as the Chairman of the Customs Intellectual Property Enforcement Committee which administered
service-wide the Customs Service Intellectual Property Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Program. He also served as a
delegate to the World Customs Organization in Brussels, Belgium, and represented the Customs Service at bilateral and
multilateral international trade negotiations. Mr. Means holds a B.S. in Finance from Oklahoma State University, and an
M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, where he sat on the Board of Advocates and earned the American
Jurisprudence Award for Federal Securities Regulation. Mr. Means is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia and
Oklahoma Bars.
• Overview of Business Entities
• Types and Organization
• Management and Control
• Liability Protection
• Tax-Related Issues
• Business Agreements
• Shareholder and Membership Agreements
• Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Non-Profit Entities
• Types
• IRS Form 1023 for Tax-Exempt Status
• Common Mistakes for Entrepreneurs
Mr. Means is a shareholder in the Firm and chairs the Intellectual Property Group. His practice focuses on matters involving
technology transfer and licensing, domestic and international trademarks and branding, software, Internet and e-commerce
issues and copyright enforcement. He also has experience with general corporate matters and business-related issues such as
unfair competition, trade secrets and Web site use and privacy policies. He has conducted seminars on licensing, e-
commerce, the protection of trade secrets, copyright and the arts. Mr. Means serves as general counsel to the Montgomery
County Students Information Technology and Automotive Trades Foundations, each a public-private trades educational
program. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Maryland Technology Development Center, and the District of
Columbia Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Sports and Media Law. Before joining Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy
and Ecker, Mr. Means was a Senior Attorney for Intellectual Property Rights at the United States Customs Service. In that
capacity, he served as the Chairman of the Customs Intellectual Property Enforcement Committee which administered
service-wide the Customs Service Intellectual Property Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Program. He also served as a
delegate to the World Customs Organization in Brussels, Belgium, and represented the Customs Service at bilateral and
multilateral international trade negotiations. Mr. Means holds a B.S. in Finance from Oklahoma State University, and an
M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, where he sat on the Board of Advocates and earned the American
Jurisprudence Award for Federal Securities Regulation. Mr. Means is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia and
Oklahoma Bars.
Robert B. Canter serves as Chairman of the firm's Taxation Practice Group. His primary areas of practice are taxation,
formation of business entities and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in negotiating and structuring start-
up companies, negotiating and drafting acquisition and sale documents, and resolving disputes among shareholders and
partners. Mr. Canter previously served as an attorney at the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, and as a
judicial clerk at the U.S. Tax Court. Mr. Canter is a frequent lecturer on taxation and business issues to lawyers,
accountants and other professionals in Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Mr. Canter received a J.D. degree, with honors,
from American University and an LL.M. degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.
When & Where
DOME Theater at Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington,
VA
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 6:00 PM (ET)
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