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Legal Expense Defense: How to Control Your Business' Legal Costs and Problems (Psi Successful Business Library)
Legal Expense Defense How to Control Your Business' Legal Costs and Problems - Psi Successful Business Library Author:Dennis M. Powers, Linda Pinkham Learn in plain English how to control and manage your company's legal expenses and how to avoid costly, unnecessary litigation. Based on the sheer number of lawsuits filed today, especially in matters of employment, most small to medium-sized businesses can expect to be involved in a legal dispute of some kind in the coming year. This book will ... more »prepare you for legal surprises and allow you to take care of problems before they occur. Most business owners don't realize that fierce competition has forced attorneys to change the way they do business. Legal Expense Defense makes the role of attorneys and the complexities of the law - including courtroom procedures - easy to understand. As a result, you'll be able to deal with your law firm the way you would any other supplier. Legal Expense Defense will help you:
* Negotiate equitable, value-billing fee structures with your attorney
* Prevent business problems from becoming legal problems
* Do more of your own legal work using in-house staff
* Save money by cutting down on your attorney's time
* Use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques instead of going to court
Smaller companies with 1-25 employees that are concerned about legal costs can save money by using the more than 75 letter, contract and notice models found in the book. These forms allow a business to handle much of its own legal correspondence, such as corporate minutes, promissory notes, and options to purchase. Companies that have recently been sued will benefit from knowledge of the many cost-effective options available in defending a lawsuit.« less