What We Do
We Shape Businesses To Prosper.
Business Affairs Outsourcing
Whether your business simply needs Legal Counsel to handle its business and legal affairs, or your company needs a "virtual" In-house Lawyer, M.E.T.A.L.® has the right attorneys for the job. Its attorneys are familiar with every facet of business law and operations, including:
Entity formation and maintenance (limited liability companies and corporations, including non-profit corporations)
Drafting and negotiating contracts, including shared profit arrangements, joint ventures, partnerships, structuring fund raising and investments, non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property licenses
Addressing employment or independent contractor issues
Debt collection
Real estate Purchases or Leases
Monitoring and aggressively asserting your rights against contracting parties, or other third parties, through demand, and cease/desist correspondence
Dispute resolution
- Settlement negotiations
We have the expertise to provide outsourcing services to businesses in all of the innovative M.E.T.A.L. spaces.
Business Entity Formation and Maintenance
When forming a new limited liability company (LLC) or corporation, there are several things that have to be considered. ME.T.A.L.® has the right attorneys to guide you through this process and aid you in any areas that may be difficult.
- Formal Requirements : Opening bank accounts, annual secretary of state filings, avoiding commingling of assets, conducting the business as a Corporate Entity, and holding board and stockholders meetings.
- Taxes : Obtaining an employer identification number, electing a tax year & accounting method, federal and state income tax, employer tax and withholding responsibilities, California sales and use taxes, and personal and real property tax.
- Personnel : Employee benefits, required notices, wages, hours, working conditions, hiring practices and employee termination, worker's compensation, and labor-management relations.
- Miscellaneous : Intellectual property work, buy-sell agreements, website "Terms of Use," securities law, and fictitious business names.
We provide these services for innovative M.E.T.A.L. spaces.
IP/Brand Protection
A vital part of any company's worth is its intangible assets, the core of which is Intellectual Property. M.E.T.A.L.® attorneys are well versed in creating and maintaining intellectual property portfolios, and protecting its client's brand.
- Copyright - M.E.T.A.L.® advises and assists its clients on all aspects of copyright issues, such as registering with the U.S. Copyright Office, determining ownership issues, exploiting copyrights for compensation, dealing with infringement matters, and filing copyright termination notices.
- Trademark - M.E.T.A.L.® advises and assists its clients on all aspects of trademark issues, such as performing searches for existing trademarks (marks and designs) prior to federal registration, preparing and filing applications with a particular State or with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, responding to Office Actions and Provisional Refusals from the USPTO, monitoring and maintaining trademarks to ensure up-to-date protection, negotiating licenses, and dealing with infringement matters.
- IP/Brand Protection Services - M.E.T.A.L.® helps you protect your brand by monitoring potential infringement activity in connection with your intellectual property, and other intangible assets, and asserting your rights. Common brand protection matters include infringement actions, domain name disputes, trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, non-disclosure agreement violations, cybersquatting, counterfeiting, unauthorized uses, and other bad acts.
Examples of other intangible assets include consumer contacts, financial data, formulas, proprietary information, trade secrets, domain names, contractual rights, and musical compositions.
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We provide these services for innovative M.E.T.A.L. spaces.
Nonprofit Formation and Maintenance
Nonprofits are governed by intricate laws and regulations developed by the federal and state government. Additionally, nonprofits must adhere to most laws and regulations that apply to for-profit businesses (including Intellectual Property Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law and Employment Law), and such laws must be interpreted in conjunction with nonprofit regulations. M.E.T.A.L.® attorneys utilize their expertise in nonprofit law and business law to provide nonprofits with comprehensive and effective legal representation, which include services and advising for:
- Obtaining 501(c)(3) or other tax-exempt status*
- Board structuring and governance
- Activities and fundraising - nonprofit legal compliance, structuring, contracts and documentations
- Federal and state compliance
- Intellectual property rights - nonprofit legal compliance, protection and licensing
- Cause-marketing campaigns - structuring and contracts
- Contracts - including employment, vendor, licensing, liability waiver, nondisclosure, partnership and service agreements
*To date, we have a 100% success rate.
Litigation
Litigation is a neccessary part of every business in some form or fashion. Whether it is defending your business against unwarranted claims, addressing an indemnification law suit, or declaring the rights of business owners, we will work to protect and defend your legal rights. Our attorneys have extensive experience in handling litigation matters in business, intellectual property, real estate, and employment.
We offer pricing options to help you build and grow. Ask about our packages and flat fee services.
M.E.T.A.L.® Law Group, LLP primarily represents clients in the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (Downtown), West Side LA and Hollywood areas.
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