Business Plan
Legal Consultation Services
Toll-Free telephone consultations with your Provider Lawyer
When you aren't sure of a legal procedure, you won't have to worry about the
cost of consulting a lawyer. You'll be able to call your Provider Law Firm when
you have a question about such legal aspects of your business as:
Employee hiring
Equipment leases
Joint ventures
Bankruptcy
Verbal contracts
Incorporation
Intellectual property
Small claims
Partnership
Landlord/tenant issues
Hiring/termination
City zoning
Vendor problems
Bad check recovery
Customer complaints
Workers' Compensation
Creditor harassment
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* Additional Information & Exclusions
Legal Correspondence Services
You'll get one letter per legal subject matter each year, at no additional
charge - with a copy for your file. Follow-up letters are provided at a 25%
discount.
* Additional Information & Exclusions
Designated Consultations
For certain legal situations, your business is entitled to receive two telephone
consultations per year arranged by your Provider Lawyer -- each consisting of up
to one-half hour.
Legal matters addressed under this benefit are:
Securities
Patents
Copyrights
Anti-trust
Immigration
Complex tax issues
Import/export customs matters
Issues arising outside your state, within U.S.
Commodities
Trademarks
Admiralty
International Law
Basic Contract Review
You can have up to three contracts concerning separate subject matters and not
part of a single related business transaction, up to 15 pages each, reviewed by
your Provider Lawyer each month.
*Additional Information & Exclusions
Executed Contract Review
Your business can have one signed contract per month, up to ten pages in length,
reviewed by your Provider Lawyer at no additional cost.
Document Review
Each month, your Provider Lawyer will review three business documents on
separate subject matters -- up to 15 pages each -- and give you prompt advice.
*Additional Information & Exclusions
Debt Collection Letters
Your business may have up to ten separate initial collection letters per month
at no additional charge.
Trial Defense Services
You have up to 75 hours of your Provider Lawyer's time when your business is
named defendant or respondent in a covered civil action filed in court which is
related to business activities. Up to 15 hours are available for pre-trial work,
and the remaining 60 hours are available upon actual commencement of trial.
* Additional Information & Exclusions
Reduced Fee Services
Our Plan offers you litigation representation and other legal work within your
business state at a 25% discount from the Provider Lawyer's corporate hourly
rate.
Reduced Contingency Fee Services
We also offer your business up to a five percent discount from the Provider
Lawyer's standard contingency fee for contingency type cases if the Provider
Lawyer agrees to accept your case on this basis. Save hundreds, even thousands,
with this benefit!
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Benefits include:
Small Business consultation with small business experts by fax and email. When
you need help and cannot find the answer in the GoSmallBiz.com resources, you
have a panel of experts to provide direction and advisement on any business
issue. You'll be able to submit questions regarding such issues as:
tax deductions
financing options
website promotion
sales challenges
computers
time management
locating information on the Internet
motivating employees
accounting
management
Questions are submitted by fax and email, researched and responded to,
typically, by the following business day. If your question leads our counselors
to conclude that you need hands-on business advice, then you may be referred to
a retired business executive in your area who will provide free consulting and
advice.
Content covering a wide array of business topics such as: Tax & Accounting,
Sales & Marketing, Legal, Human Resources, Insurance and others
Answers to Small Business Owner's most frequently asked questions
Answers to specific questions previously asked by members
Current business news
Stock quotes
Access to capital
Info on starting a business
Database of businesses available for purchase
On-line organizational tools, such as Calendars, Address Books, Bookmarks and
File Storage
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Additional Information & Exclusions:
The information contained in this material is for illustrative purposes only and
is not a contract. It is intended to provide a general overview of the coverage.
Please remember that only the plan contract can give actual terms, coverage,
amounts, conditions and exclusions.
If services are required beyond the scope of covered plan benefits, additional
services will be rendered at a 25% discount off your Provider Lawyer's corporate
hourly rate. In some cases, a retainer fee also may be required.
Contract and Document Review: Nevada residents limited to 5 personal legal
documents reviewed per year.
Legal Consultation Services: If the consultation can not be addressed by
telephone with maximum of one hour further research, additional services are
provided at a 25% discount from the providers standard/corporate hourly rate.
Matters for which the Provider Attorney determines are raised an inordinate or
unreasonable number of times without substantial change of circumstances are
excluded. Also, those matters covered under Benefit III of this contract are not
covered under this Benefit. Once it has been determined that the business is
entitled to coverage under any other Benefit of the contract, the designated
spokesperson will communicate only with the specific lawyer or attorney's
handling those matters rather than utilizing coverage under this Benefit for
that legal matter. This is to provide the most effective representation for the
business.
Legal Correspondence Services: It is within the sole discretion of the Provider
Lawyer to determine whether a letter is appropriate in a given situation.
Collection letters are specifically excluded from this Benefit, but are
available at a 25% discount off your Provider Lawyer's corporate hourly rate.
Trial Defense Services: This benefit does not cover defense of the following:
claims or charges relating to workers compensation, inquiries or actions by a
government agency, bankruptcy or alcohol, drugs, substance abuse, chemical abuse
or dependency; class actions, interventions, or amicus curiae filings or class
actions filed in the business is a party or potential party; pre-existing
conditions, defined as those acts which give rise to a lawsuit which are alleged
to have occurred prior to the business' enrollment, regardless of the filing
date of the lawsuit; any claim or defense which in the opinion of Provider
Attorney appears to be frivolous or groundless; garnishment, attachment or any
other post judgment relief action; the Provider Lawyer will provide services in
accordance with the contract up to the final point of judgment by a court of
record; any claim or charge where the business has access to an insurance
policy.
