One of the trickier agreements that companies must deal with is the Non-Compete Agreement, simply because the document needs to strike the right balance between protection and freedom. The non-compete agreement is a written understanding in which one party, usually a departing employee or partner, agrees not to compete in the same field or [...]

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A Shareholder Agreement is a written understanding between or among the shareholders of a company. It may also be called a Stockholders’ Agreement. They are more prevalent among small, closely held companies. Their purpose is to supplement the primary governing documents-the articles of incorporation and other constitutional documents-of the company, to allow [...]

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While most legal documents have the capacity to be molded to the will of the drafters, some are more easily shaped than others. Shareholder Agreements, which some know as stockholders’ agreements, are in the latter category. Shareholder agreements are, as their name indicates, written understandings between the shareholders of a company.
Companies are created [...]

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Along with non-competition agreements, Non-Solicitation Agreements are the primary way in which companies protect their interests vis-à-vis former employees. Whereas a non-competition agreement restricts an employee from working for a competitor, a non-solicitation agreement allows him to work for a competitor but restricts his actions while there.
When an employee leaves his job, he may [...]

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A Non-Solicitation Agreement is a written understanding in which one party agrees not to solicit the employees or clients of a second party for a specified length of time and within a certain geographic area. Most often, they occur between companies and their former employees or partnerships and their former partners. Non-Solicitation Agreements [...]

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A non-compete agreement is a written understanding between two parties in which one agrees not to compete in the same field or profession as the other for a set period of time and within a defined geographic region. This area of the law is delicate, unsettled, and varies from state to state. The [...]

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One of the trickier agreements that companies must deal with is the non-compete agreement, simply because the document needs to strike the right balance between protection and freedom. The non-compete agreement is a written understanding in which one party, usually a departing employee or partner, agrees not to compete in the same field or [...]

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A Limited Partnership Agreement is a written agreement that governs the actions of and the relationship between various partners in a partnership. A Limited Partnership is a partnership consisting of one or more general partners and one or more limited partners.
General partners bring no surprises. General partners of limited partnership:

Have management control of [...]

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To understand the Limited Partnership Agreement, one must first understand the limited partnership. Similar to the general partnership, the limited partnership consists of one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. The general partners act as would be expected. On the positive side, they manage and control the partnership, [...]

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Participation agreements are written contracts between banks in which they agree to cooperate to handle an exceptionally large loan to a single borrower. One bank, which for legal or financial reasons cannot make the loan by itself, will originate the loan and then recruit other banks to share in the profits and in the [...]

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