On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Most long-term business relationships depend on contracts and more importantly contract renewals. When two businesses have a partnership that lasts for a long period of time, it doesn’t mean that it is a sure thing, often the...
Joint venture seeks domestic and international clientele
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, August 17, 2012. Joint ventures are entered into for many reasons and a primary reason is to increase value. Recently, two large companies, that are well-known in their respective industries, announced their future plans to create a joint venture. The joint...
Successful merger plan may let California company close early
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, August 10, 2012. Mergers, when two companies combine, happen almost every day all over the world. Since mergers are so common in the business world, the intricacies and steps involved in a merger can be overlooked. A California company’s pending merger shows...
California judge rules contract did exist between Oracle and HP
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Monday, August 6, 2012. When the computer technology corporation Oracle hired HP’s former CEO Mark Hurd, HP contested the decision, raising the issue in court. The dispute was settled in 2010 by the two parties. The terms of the settlement allegedly...
Shareholders seeking better standards at J&J reach tentative settlement
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, August 3, 2012. How management runs a company day to day affects how it will succeed or fail. Success or failure can be measured by profits alone, but there is more to it than that. It can also be measured...
Selig: San Diego Padres proposed sale an ‘excellent development’
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation osted on Monday, July 2, 2012. The details have yet to be worked out, but as far as Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is concerned the most recently proposed sale of the San Diego Padres is a good one. In a press...
Financial company uses business formation to expand options
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Business formation can occur under a number of circumstances. Some business formations are completed to begin a business and other business formations are used to expand an existing business. When business formation is completed within an existing business, the...
Unfair competition alleged between rival steel companies
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Unfair competition can occur in many different scenarios. Since the term unfair competition is so wide ranging, almost any action a business takes to prevent competition with anther business may be considered unfair competition. Generally, prohibited actions that allow...
Entrepreneur strives to save on start-up costs, squats at AOL
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Monday, June 4, 2012. His career started when he was only 19 years old. He left his parents’ house in Chicago and struck out on his own, landing in Palo Alto, California as a participant of AOL’s Imagine K12 — an...