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A FREE SCORE Legal Series Workshop: What You Need To Know
Co-Sponsored by the Darien Library
Business Law 101 - Managing Legal Liability Risks
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | check-in starts at 5:30 pm
Darien Library
1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820
Legal liability issues confront entrepreneurs at all stages of the business life cycle from inception to exit. This workshop offers practical and timely guidelines relevant to business owners, managers, executives and investors on ways to manage legal liability risks. Topics that will be covered:
- Practical Legal Rules to control liabilities
- How insurance can protect you or not protect you
- Using contracts effectively to minimize liability
- Risks relating to employment of staff and contractors
- Business related torts including negligence, product liability and defamation
- When litigation or arbitration becomes necessary
Our Speaker: Gary Hirsch is a business lawyer who specializes in advising high-growth, privately-held companies on matters ranging from contracts, partnerships and IP, to venture funding, corporate governance and acquisitions. He has practiced law for over 20 years, including tenures with a major firm in New York, a Fortune 500 law department, and two successful technology companies, where he ran the legal functions and led his last company through an IPO. Since starting his own business in 2012, Gary has provided his general counsel services to over 50 private companies, including start-ups in New York and Connecticut. He also serves as a SCORE counselor to numerous local businesses.