Is Your Business Partnership Breaking Up?
When things start to go wrong between business partners, often one of them will want to leave the partnership…or one of them... Read More
Is A Partnership Agreement Required?
You are an entrepreneur who just forming your new company; do you need a written partnership agreement (or an operating agreement, or... Read More
A Nonsense, Partisan Agenda
Here is a legal article with the self-serving name “Securing Our Nation’s Economic Future: A Sensible, Nonpartisan Agenda To Increase Long-Term Investment And Job... Read More
New Rule On Exempt Employee Status
By the stroke of a pen (and probably the use of a cell phone), the Executive Branch changed a rule that will affect... Read More
Subsidiary or Separate LLC?
Question I have a company in another state with my business partner, but I am relocating to Virginia and we wish to... Read More
Federal Trade Secret Protection
Trade Secret is one of the four forms of intellectual property, and until today it was the only one of the four that did... Read More
Get The Contract Signed!
A common complaint from CEOs: “Lawyers slow down contract negotiations by quibbling over minutia.” It’s true. Many business lawyers lose sight of the... Read More
When Should You Apply For Trademark
When Should You Apply For Trademark? I get this question about trademarks a lot from entrepreneurs who are just starting up. The... Read More
What You Should Be Working On–Patents
What You Should Be Working On: Patents Build Value in Your Company Through Inventions This post is the fifth in a five-part... Read More
What You Should Be Working On–Copyright
Build value in your company by creating a marketable library of content that is copyrighted. This post is the fourth in a... Read More
Breach Of Contract By Anticipatory Repudiation
There are many ways parties try to get out of contracts. Most of those are a breach of the contract. Here’s an... Read More
Converting Sole Proprietorship To LLC
I see this question asked often: I’ve been operating as a sole proprietor. What business entity should I choose as a sole... Read More
Are Unsigned Contracts Binding?
“I purchased a room addition to my house for $40,000. Now I’m having second thoughts. I noticed that I signed the contract but the... Read More
Succession Planning Brings Current Benefits
Don’t you think for one minute that succession planning is only about the future. It impacts the now just as much as the then.... Read More
Bringing Objectivity To Family Businesses
In this video (at minute 3:00) the panelists discuss the emotional component of family-owned businesses. “Their decision-making is horribly broken” (at minute 3:55). The... Read More
Debt Is (NOT!) Good
Some financial planners advertise that you should have a big, long mortgage. On the other hand this article says that entrepreneurs should limit... Read More