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About David K. Staub
Expertise
I am a business and tax attorney and have spent more than 30 years assisting people in buying, selling, merging and spinning off businesses. I can answer questions on the mergers and acquisitions process and the related legal issues, in general. Topics can include structuring the transaction, negotiating the deal, conducting due diligence, and more. I can also guide people to find sources for answers to specific legal questions which cannot be answered in a forum of this nature.

Experience

Experience in the area
I have been an Illinois business attorney for almost 30 years. I have an extensive practice in the mergers and acquisitions area and have been involved in the tax and legal issues on hundreds of business transactions.

Organizations
Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association (former Chairman of the Corporation & Business Law Committee and former Chairman of the Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee; former Executive Committee member, Federal Tax Committee and Chairman of subcommittee on general tax issues); Glenkirk Foundation (Trustee; Vice-Chairman/Strategic Planning); Association for Corporate Growth, Chicago Chapter; Midwest Entrepreneur Forum; Midwest Association of Alpha Delta Phi - President

Publications
Commerce Magazine; YLS Journal; ISBA Section of Taxation Newsletter

Education/Credentials
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1977; University of Illinois, B.S. in Accounting, with highest honors, 1974

Website
Staub Anderson Green LLC
Chicago, Illinois
Mergers & Acquisitions
Illinois business attorneys

Practice Areas
Business Organizations
-Corporations
-LLCs
-Partnerships
-Joint ventures
Mergers & Acquisitions
-Buying/selling business
Securities Law
Tax Law
Technology Law
-Software licenses
-Development agreements
Trademarks

Disclaimer
Responses are intended to be informational only. No response is intended to constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship. Online advice is not a substitute for consultation with an attorney.

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Mergers & Acquisitions - product

Expert: David K. Staub - 12/6/2006

Question
Do u know about any company who is not successful in launching a
product"

Answer
The question should be whether I know of any company that has NOT had a failed product. Research shows that over 75% of all new products fail.

Every car company has had a product that has to be considered a failure, the most classic being the Ford Edsel.

Wikipedia has a list of commercial failures in computer technology that contains several dozen examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_failures_in_computer_technology

Food companies bring out new products all the time and most are pulled from the shelves within a year. There is an interesting article on "The Museum of Food Failures" at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0702/p18s03-hfks.htm

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