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Identifies many of the legal issues likely to arise in the course of starting and growing a company and to suggest strategies not only for ensuring compliance with the law but also for using the law and the legal system to increase predictability, maximize value, marshal resources, and manage risk. Explains why entrepreneurs and managers cannot just rely on lawyers to deal with the legal aspects of business and suggests ways to manage legal risk and handle legal disputes. Also describes the relevance of a variety of types of law to managers and entrepreneurs, including intellectual property, securities regulation, tax, contracts, employment, forms of business organization, product liability, environmental, and alternative dispute resolution.; To identify many of the legal issues likely to arise in the course of starting and growing a company and to suggest strategies not only for ensuring compliance with law, but also for using the law and the legal system to increase predictability, maximize value, marshal resources, and manage risk.