A comprehensive reference, examines thoroughly the issues confronting a business, from initial promotion and start-up, through governance, financial distress, confrontation and litigation, to dissolution. It answers the most critical questions that arise at a board meeting, discussing internal corporation decisions, and offers advice on external legal issues including advertising, labor and employment, international trade, copyright and intellectual property, bankruptcy, and domestic relations. Business lawyers and general counsel will find the work indispensable, and lawyers in every area of practice will use this treatise to address common problems arising in the context of the business lives of their clients.