In the first part of this series, we gave a few ideas of questions to ask a lawyer about your new business formation. These questions inc...

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SO YOU WANT TO BUY A FRANCHISE.... Have you ever been tempted to buy a franchise? Many people find an appeal in the idea of owning an alr...

Can I get out of a contract? It depends. Unfortunately many people sign a contract without carefully thinking through the issues and then...

New hires often view employee handbooks as a formality, something to quickly browse before signing off that they’ve read it. However, fro...

Profit vs. Revenue Does your business know the difference between profit and revenue? At the end of the day, most businesses exist to tur...

You may think that hiring an attorney is the least liberating thing you can do in your business but the reality is, working with an attor...

There are many benefits to hiring a contractor rather than an employee. They are generally cheaper in labor costs, they are less of a lia...

Assignment Rights and Damages. Recently, a couple of our law firm’s clients entered into flipping transactions for commercial real estate...

For many small business owners, the day-to-day operations of running the business can be overwhelming. It can be hard to think about prop...

Negotiating a commercial lease can be a daunting task; a task made even more time consuming for you and your attorney (and thereby more c...

Running a business is hard work. Running a family business can be even harder. Mixing family and business, while potentially rewarding in...