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Corporate, Partnership and Business Law Linzer & Associates has represented clients in virtually every area of general corporate, partnership and business law. The services provided to these clients have included advice regarding the type of business entity to establish, such as limited liability companies, corporations, C corporations and subchapter S corporations, as well as general and limited partnerships. These clients have been engaged in a diverse spectrum of industries. The Firm prides itself on not being too narrowly focused in its representation of any one particular industry, so that the Firm's attorneys are able to provide valuable insight and learned counsel to businesses of almost any kind. Where the Firm is unable to provide services, it has a network of contacts with other law firms, which do provide such services the Firm does not. Notably, at the point in time when a business needs sufficiently large sums of outside capital, by way of a liquidity event such as a private placement memorandum, or initial public offering, the Firm generally directs these clients to law firms with whom it has close relationships, which are expert in the areas of both federal and state securities law compliance. Corporate Governance Linzer & Associates has handled numerous matters for all forms of corporate entities, as well as partnerships, in which the constituent directors, officers, shareholders, or partners have had difficulty getting along. These type of corporate governance matters include the management and supervision of investor relations, shareholder relations, the preparation for, and conduct of, directors meetings, both special and annual, as well as the preparation for, and conduct of, shareholder meetings, both special and annual, as well as meetings of partners to resolve intra-partner difficulties. The Firm is experienced in shareholder disputes, corporate takeovers, corporate and partnership dissolutions, partnership dissociations, as well as mergers, reorganizations and restructurings. Employment Matters Linzer & Associates is experienced in the negotiation and preparation of employment agreements between Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers or Chief Operating Officers and companies, from both the employee's, as well as the company's perspective. While the Firm does not practice traditional employment law, it has close relations with attorneys who are expert in this area, both at Mr. Linzer's former law firm, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, which is renowned for its employment practice, and elsewhere. Intellectual Property Matters Linzer & Associates has been on the leading edge of representing technology businesses in the digital space. Mr. Linzer was one of the pioneers in representing companies in the procurement of domain names, the creation of terms and conditions for a variety of websites, website development agreements, computer software development agreements, computer software licensing agreements, joint technology development agreements, technology research and development agreements, application service provider or ASP agreements, the protection of business trade names, trademarks, service marks and other significant business proprietary rights. Linzer & Associates handles all aspects of application for copyright registration, as well as application for trademark registration, both domestically and internationally. The Firm has been involved in the acquisition, sale and transfer of numerous domain names, domain name arbitrations through WIPO and ICAAN, as well as trademark infringement lawsuits, counterfeiting and seizure operations to protect manufacturers', distributors', and other rights holders' valuable rights in their trademarks and service marks. The Firm has handled countless distribution agreements, product development agreements, invention and product licensing agreements, work for hire employee and independent contractor agreements, all with the objective of protecting a company's or owner's valuable trademarks, service marks, copyrights and other trade secrets. Corporate Transactions Over the years, Linzer & Associates has assisted both buyers, sellers, as well as merger partners in acquiring, selling, transferring, and reorganizing a variety of businesses, through either stock transactions or asset transactions. Additionally, the Firm has participated in many intellectual property transactions associated with the purchase and acquisition of a variety of businesses. Real Estate Linzer & Associates has represented both commercial landlords, as well as residential landlords in matters relating to the lease of both commercial and residential space, as well as litigation associated with such lease activities. The Firm has negotiated and advised clients in a variety of lease negotiations, as well as litigation regarding partition matters, easement matters, neighboring and adjoining property line disputes, as well as limited liability company and limited partnership litigation over limited liability company member and limited partner interests in various real estate ventures and activities. Litigation Linzer & Associates is expert and specializes in state court litigation. While many firms will flaunt their expertise in federal court, Linzer & Associates' litigation practice is directed on a more focused level to state court litigation throughout the State of California. While the Firm has represented clients in federal district court litigation in connection with trademark and copyright litigation, its core specialty in litigation matters are those matters litigated in state court. The types of commercial litigation the Firm has been involved in run the gamut from breach of contract, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of employment agreements, breach of distribution agreements, partnership disputes, partnership dissolutions, purchase transactions gone bad, joint venture disagreements between partners and joint venturers, real estate disputes between licensed REALTORS® and buyers and sellers, corporate governance litigation relating to breach of fiduciary duty and other corporate mismanagement, breach of warranty cases, collection of debt cases, unlawful detainer, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, domain name disputes, to name just a few. Alternative Dispute Resolution Linzer & Associates is also experienced in all matters of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. While there are situations where mediation and arbitration do not best serve a client's needs, there are other situations where the cost savings and other benefits such as privacy concerns and not wanting to have an adverse precedent established, have motivated clients to participate in such alternative dispute resolution matters. The Firm has represented clients in American Arbitration Association mediations, California Association of REALTORS® supervised mediation of corporate disputes regarding constituents of multiple listing services, investor relations disputes, breach of investment contracts, shareholder disputes, and sales person commission disputes, to name just a few. Entertainment Law We are experienced in the negotiation and drafting of wide array of agreements relating to the development, production and distribution of feature films as well as independent films, including rights agreements, talent agreements, acquisition agreements, music licenses, publishing, and related agreements. Since some members of the Firm have worked at studios, both major and mini-major, we have also gained practical experience in all aspects of creative, business and legal affairs, e.g., obtaining rights, development, financing (negative pick ups, foreign sales, private equity), production, distribution, film festivals and day-to-day operations of companies. We have also been involved in the oversight of a library containing 3,000 films and 1,850 copyrights.
Examples of Representative Litigation
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