U.S. Enterprise Law: Forming Organizations
Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD
The following, miscellaneous information which may be helpful as an overview of various aspects of business law in the United States of America. Businesses requiring legal advice should contact an attorney. It might be helpful for the reader to first get a broad overview of organizations by reading
Legal Forms and Traditional Structures of U.S. Business Organizations
Sections of This Topic Include
Overviews of Legal Forms of Organizations
(include hybrid forms of organizations)
General Information
Selecting Your Legal Form of Organization
General Resources
Also see
Related Library Topics
Also See the Library's Blog Related to this Topic
In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to this topic. Scan down the blog's page to see various posts. Also see the section "Recent Blog Posts" in the sidebar of the blog or click on "next" near the bottom of a post in the blog. The blog also links to numerous free related resources.
Library's Human Resources Blog
Legal Overviews
Conventional Forms
Corporations
Joint Ventures
Nonprofit
Organizations
Partnership
"Hybrid" Forms of Organizations
Hybrid Organizations (Wikipedia)
Nonprofit / For-Profit Model
Low-Profit
Limited Liability Company (L3C)
Private Letter Rulings and the L3C
Charity-Owned Limited Liability Companies
L3C
(Wikipedia)
B Corporations
About
B Corporations
B Corporation > Nonprofit: Tactical Philanthropy
Advisors
The
L3C a Complete Backgrounder
L3Cs
a Sweet Honey of a Deal for Social Entrepreneurs
B Corporations Get a Boost With Very Own Ad Campaign
General Information
Doing
Business as a Sole Proprietor
Basics
About Corporations
Limited
Liability Companies
Selecting Your Legal Form of Organization
Legal
Forms and Traditional Structures of U.S. Businesses (for-profit
and nonprofit)
Comparison
of different legal forms of organizations, and including advantages
and disadvantages
Planning
the Legal Structure of Your Business
Pick
A Business Entity
Sole Proprietor? Or Independent Contractor? What's
the Difference?
Incorporating Your Small Business -
Advantages and Disadvantages of Incorporation
What Type of Incorporation Should a Small
Company Form .... LLC, C-Corp, or S-Corp? Ask 10 people and y
Why do people start their businesses as sole
proprietorships?
Should Your Business Be an LLC or an S Corp?
Alternative Legal Structures for Your Business
General Resources
Small Business Administration -- legal forms
Starting
a For-Profit Business (includes links to many articles)
Starting
a Nonprofit Organization (discusses steps involved and references
numerous articles)
For the Category of Legal:
To round out your knowledge of this Library topic, you may want to review some related topics, available from the link below. Each of the related topics includes free, online resources.
Also, scan the Recommended Books listed below. They have been selected for their relevance and highly practical nature.
Related Library Topics
Recommended Books
Basics and General Information
Basics and General Information
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just click on the image of the book. Also, a "bubble" of information might be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
Employment Laws
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just click on the image of the book. Also, a "bubble" of information might be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
Intellectual Property
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just click on the image of the book. Also, a "bubble" of information might be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.


