PATCA Spring Workshop-Introductory Law for Consultants and Start-ups March 14, 2009

All consultants must take preventive legal measures to protect their businesses. Are you up to date on the latest issues? Whether you're a new consultant or running an established practice, risk management is critical to your success. Join us for a half-day "legal boot camp" for consultants and start-ups led by business lawyer Ian Stock, who has more experience in these domains than he'd like to admit.

Topics to be covered by Ian include:

CONSULTANTS
**Reducing risk by incorporation / errors and omissions insurance
**Consulting agreements and non-compete clauses
**Managing subcontractors and employees
**IP issues
**Assuring payment

START-UPS
**Forming the corporation: initial share issuances
**IP issues
**Negotiating with investors
**Shareholder agreements
**Advisory boards
**Options

Speaker: Ian Stock
After leaving a New York corporate law firm and moving to Silicon Valley in 1997, Ian J. Stock became Special Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, working with a wide variety of top-level high-tech companies. From there, he served as SVP & General Counsel for a publicly-traded semiconductor manufacturer. Wanting to focus on working for those less able to engage a major law firm, Ian founded EntrepreLaw in 2005 to help entrepreneurs and smaller technology companies obtain a big firm lawyer's advice. Ian helps his clients negotiate IP licenses and other commercial transactions and come to terms with their strategic partners. He specializes in joint ventures and other more complicated transactions as well as international deals.

Advance registration: $35-members; $85-non-members; $35-1st time guest of member (or walk-in fees apply).

Official Website: http://www.PATCA.org