List of chapters and authors:

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Jeff Moseley, Executive Director, Texas Economic Development

CHAPTER 2
CHOOSING A LEGAL ENTITY
John P. Cogan, Jr., King & Spalding (Houston)

CHAPTER 3
ESTABLISHING A CORPORATION
John B. McKnight, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 4
BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
Michael Overman, Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 5
ALTERNATIVES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS
Kirk Standly and Lori A. Feathers, Haynes and Boone, LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 6
THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
John M. Stephenson, Jr., Jackson Walker, LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 7
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION
Brandon C. Janes, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (Austin)

CHAPTER 8
FEDERAL TAXATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS
Jeffrey M. Trinklein, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Dallas, Munich)

CHAPTER 9
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TRADE SECRETS, TRADEMARKS,
COPYRIGHTS, AND E-COMMERCE
Bruce Sostek and Lee Ann Wheelis, Thompson & Knight LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 10
PATENT PROTECTION
David D. Bahler and Mark T. Garrett, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (Austin)

CHAPTER 11
REAL PROPERTY LAW AND LAND USE CONTROLS
Clark G. Thompson, Jr. and Ron I. Erlichman, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 12
BANKING AND FINANCING
Dan L. Nicewander, Gardere Wynne Sewell L.L.P. (Dallas)

CHAPTER 13
FEDERAL AND STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
Richard M. Fijolek and John M. Ambler, Haynes and Boone, LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 14
IMMIGRATION LAW
Kenneth J. Harder, Dunbar, Harder & Benson, L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 15
THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Ewell E. Murphy, Jr., Baker Botts, L.L.P. (retired) (Houston)

CHAPTER 16
CUSTOMS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWS
Elizabeth J. Vann, Elizabeth Janie Vann, P.C. (El Paso)

CHAPTER 17
ANTITRUST LAW
Allan Van Fleet, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 18
SECURITIES REGULATIONS
Mark S. Solomon and Joseph A. Hoffman, Arter & Hadden, LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 19
PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW
Jim Cowles and Jeff Nicodemus, Cowles & Thompson, P.C.

CHAPTER 20
CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW
Jeff L. Rose and Matt Baab, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. (Austin)

CHAPTER 21
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Stephen W. Schueler, Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. (Houston)

CHAPTER 22
LABOR RELATIONS
Scott A. Agthe and Amy Stoeckl Ybarra, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P. (Austin)

CHAPTER 23
BANKRUPTCY
Michael S. Held, Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. (Dallas)

CHAPTER 24
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
David M. Hugin, Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. (Austin)

CHAPTER 25
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
R. Doak Bishop and William W. Russell, King & Spalding (Houston)

CHAPTER 26
COLLECTION OF DEBTS IN TEXAS
Gary C. Miller, Jennifer M. Gore, and Angela Phillips, Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 27
FRANCHISING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Kevin L. Twining, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (Dallas)

CHAPTER 28
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Andrew S. "Drew" Miller, Kemp Smith, P.C. (Austin)

CHAPTER 29
OIL AND GAS LAW
David G. Drumm, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P. (Dallas)

CHAPTER 30
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW
C. Scott Kinzel, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P. (Houston)

CHAPTER 31
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AFFECTING FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Judson Wood, Jr., Matthews & Branscomb, P.C. (San Antonio)

CHAPTER 32
ELECTRICITY MARKETS IN TEXAS
Diana M. Liebmann, Haynes and Boone, LLP (San Antonio)