California Real Estate Principles and License Preparation

Book contracts cover a wide range of issues, and therefore, agents’ changes to them do as well, from who gets to approve the cover design to who gets to sell the translation rights, and many questions in between. But the “deal” that is made comes down to royalties, advance, and rights, typically. The parties involved may go back and forth on these

Buying a house in Provence is not without its complications, and it is easy to understand why busy and efficient people from cities, used to firm decisions and quickly struck deals, often give up after months of serpentine negotiations that have led nowhere. The first of many surprises, always greeted with alarm and disbelief, is that all property

It is also important for a startup to ensure all of its service providers sign some form of agreement that clearly assigns any intellectual property that is created from their relationship to the company. While the provisions for employees are included in a Proprietary Inventions and Assignment Agreement, for contractors the IP provisions can be in

Finding out and understanding the zoning of a particular lot before you decide to buy is important. The information is readily available at your friendly, local city hall or county government building; your local government also has a guide that can tell you what each zoning designation means.