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Legal Minefields: What Founders need to know about in Early Stage Companies December 4, 2007 - Kanata Holiday Inn Will Success Ruin your Technology Company? This session is for founders and executives in new and emerging technology companies. You are working really hard to build your new company. Sales are low, energy is high and you aren't really on anybody's radar screen - yet. After a few years of total commitment, success arrives and so do the "long knives". That sales guy who worked for you last year is suing for disputed commissions, some long-lost investor is threatening your IPO or sale of your business, two companies are suing you for patent infringement, you have been called to the Human Rights Tribunal to answer a charge of harassment, and that Open Source code you used early on is now a big problem. Could you have avoided this?? Absolutely. Come listen to two of Ottawa's top law firms talk about the critical things companies have to do early to ensure a smooth transition to success. At the end of this "real-world" session participants will walk away not only with some great ideas, but templates and practical readings as well.
Emond Harnden Ottawa's top labour law firm will tell you what you need to have in place to make sure your most important resource - your people - doesn't become your biggest problem. LaBarge Weinstein Ottawa's top Hi Tech Business Law firm will tell you what corporate "ducks" you need to line up early. Shareholder structures, Option structures, Patent issues, insurance, and other such critical considerations. |
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