In Business Law
What is Business Law?
Broadly speaking, business law refers to the laws that apply to business entities, such as partnerships and corporations. For the moment, QuizLaw has focused on the laws relating to setting up and creating such a business. For more information, please select a QuizLaw topic below.
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Basics
- What type of business should I set up?
- What is the easiest and cheapest type of business to setup?
- When are business owners personally liable for business debts?
- How can I protect myself from liability?
- What does it mean to pierce the corporate veil?
- What is alter ego liability?
- What business types have to make state filings and pay state fees?
- What business types have to follow strict procedural requirements?
- How can I finance my new business?
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Sole Proprietorships
- What is a sole proprietorship?
- What are the advantages of setting up a sole proprietorship?
- What are the disadvantages of setting up a sole proprietorship?
- What is the owner of a sole proprietorship called?
- How do I set up a sole proprietorship?
- Can I set up a sole proprietorship without a lawyer?
- How do I set up a business name for my sole proprietorship?
- How do taxes apply to a sole proprietorship?
- What happens if a sole proprietorship is sued?
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Partnerships
- What is a partnership?
- What are the advantages of setting up a partnership?
- What are the disadvantages of setting up a partnership?
- What is the owner of a partnership called?
- What is the charter document that creates a partnership called?
- What is the document that governs how a partnership operates?
- What are the managers of a partnership called?
- What types of partnerships are there?
- What is a general partnership?
- What is a limited partnership?
- What is a limited liability partnership?
- How do I set up a partnership?
- What state should I set my partnership up in?
- Can I set up a partnership without a lawyer?
- What is a partnership agreement?
- What should go in a partnership agreement?
- What is a statement of partnership?
- What is a certificate of limited partnership?
- How are partnerships controlled and managed?
- Does a partnership have to have meetings?
- Does a partnership have to make annual reports?
- What is a partner ledger?
- What duties do the partners have to each other?
- How do taxes apply to a partnership?
- What happens when a partner leaves the partnership?
- How do I end a partnership?
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Corporations
- What is a corporation?
- What are the advantages of setting up a corporation?
- What are the disadvantages of setting up a corporation?
- What is the owner of a corporation called?
- What does the owner of a corporation actually own?
- What is the charter document that creates a corporation called?
- What is the document that governs how a corporation operates?
- What are the managers of a corporation called?
- What types of corporations are there?
- What is a regular corporation?
- What is a C corporation?
- What is an S corporation?
- What is a nonprofit corporation?
- What is a professional corporation?
- What is a close corporation?
- How does the limited liability of corporations work?
- How do I set up a corporation?
- What is an incorporator?
- Can I set up a corporation without a lawyer?
- Should I set up a C corporation or an S corporation?
- How are corporations financed?
- What state should I incorporate in?
- What should I do in picking a corporate name?
- What is a registered agent?
- What are articles of incorporation?
- How many directors should my corporation have?
- What are bylaws?
- How are corporations controlled and managed?
- What do a corporation’s directors do?
- What do a corporation’s officers do?
- Do I have to register my corporation in other states?
- What formalities does my corporation have to follow?
- What is the annual meeting of shareholders?
- What is a special meeting of shareholders?
- What is an annual meeting of directors?
- What is a special meeting of directors?
- What is a share ledger?
- What reporting requirements are there for a corporation?
- How can a corporation amend its articles of incorporation?
- How can a corporation amend its bylaws?
- How do taxes apply to a corporation?
- How do I end a corporation?
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Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- What is a limited liability company?
- What are the advantages of setting up an LLC?
- What are the disadvantages of setting up an LLC?
- What is the owner of an LLC called?
- What does the owner of an LLC actually own?
- What is the charter document that creates an LLC called?
- What is the document that governs how an LLC operates?
- What are the managers of an LLC called?
- How does the limited liability of LLCs work?
- How do I set up a limited liability company?
- What is an organizer?
- How are LLCs financed?
- Can I set up an LLC without a lawyer?
- What state should I organize my LLC in?
- What should I do in picking an LLC name?
- What is a registered agent?
- What are articles of organization?
- What is an LLC operating agreement?
- How are LLCs controlled and managed?
- What formalities does my LLC have to follow?
- What is a membership ledger?
- What reporting requirements are there for an LLC?
- Do I have to register my LLC in other states?
- How can an LLC amend its articles of organization?
- How can an LLC amend its operating agreement?
- How do taxes apply to a limited liability company?
- How do I end an LLC?
- Franchises
- Business Insurance
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Business Law Definitions
- Business Law Definitions
- What is a 501(c) organization?
- What is an agent for service of process?
- What is an annual meeting of directors?
- What is an annual meeting of shareholders?
- What are articles of incorporation?
- What are articles of organization?
- What is the business judgment rule?
- What are bylaws?
- What is a C corporation?
- What is a certificate of incorporation?
- What is a certificate of limited partnership?
- What is a certificate of organization?
- What is a close corporation?
- What is a corporation?
- What is a DBA?
- What is a director?
- What is double taxation?
- What is a foreign corporation?
- What are foreign states?
- What is a franchise?
- What is a franchise agreement?
- What is a franchise offering circular?
- What is a general partner?
- What is a general partnership?
- What is an incorporator?
- What is liability insurance?
- What is a limited liability company?
- What is a limited liability partnership?
- What is a limited partner?
- What is a limited partnership?
- What is an LLC?
- What is an LLC operating agreement?
- What is a local agent?
- What is a member?
- What is a nonprofit corporation?
- What is an officer?
- What is an organizer?
- What is a partner?
- What is a partner ledger?
- What is a partnership?
- What is a partnership agreement?
- What is partnership taxation?
- What is pass-through taxation?
- What is a professional corporation?
- What is a promoter?
- What is property insurance?
- What is a registered agent?
- What is an S corporation?
- What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
- What is a shareholder?
- What is a sole proprietor?
- What is a special meeting of directors?
- What is a special meeting of shareholders?
- What is a statement of partnership?
- What is a sole proprietorship?
- What is a unit?