Equity agreements allow entrepreneurs to secure funding for their start-up by giving up a portion of ownership of their company to investors. In short, these arrangements typically involve investors providing capital in exchange for shares of stock which they will hold and potentially sell in the future for a profit.
When you draft an employment contract that includes equity incentives, you need to ensure you do the following: Define the equity package. Outline the type of equity, and the number of the shares or options (if relevant). Set out the vesting conditions. Clarify rights, responsibilities, and buyout clauses.
Equity agreements commonly contain the following components: Equity program. This section outlines the details of the investment plan, including its purpose, conditions, and objectives. It also serves as a statement of intention to create a legal relationship between both parties.
A special proceeding is a variety of lawsuit. It is bought on with the simplicity and speed of a motion. The special proceeding may be used only when authorized by law. One kind of special proceeding is the Article 78 proceeding, which seeks to challenge actions of administrative agencies and other government bodies.
(1) Proceedings are started when the court issues a claim form at the request of the claimant.
Time Limit to Bring an Article 78 Proceeding Generally the Article 78 Proceeding has to be filed within 120 days after the final agency decision. However this time period may be shorter in some circumstances. A party must act quickly to preserve his or her rights to file an Article 78 Proceeding.
Some examples of when an Article 78 in the form of a Mandamus to Review would be used are such things as the denial of a request for a rent increase in a rent stabilized housing unit, the denial of pistol permit applications, a guilty finding in a DMV Traffic Violations Bureau hearing, and a finding of child abuse or ...
Is there a time deadline for filing an Article 78 proceeding? Yes. Article 78 Proceedings must be filed within four months of the date you receive the decision you want to appeal.
In order to properly bring an article 78 proceeding, a petitioner must have first exhausted their administrative remedies (discussed in detail below). Most importantly, an article 78 proceeding must be brought 4 months, or 120 days after a final agency determination.