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When two or more parties join hands to start a business, it is known as a partnership. A business partnership comes with its share of benefits and challenges. To ensure a thriving partnership, it is important for the parties involved to come up with an effective...
If you’re a small business owner, you may have ready about limited liability companies, or LLCs, in the past. An LLC is a business structure that offers some protections that you won’t get as a sole proprietor. If you’re ready to expand your business or want to make...
Your small business is hitting better numbers than ever. Your staff are motivated and fulfilling your expectations of them. While these are positives, you want such factors to be sustained as you move your company to the next level. The morale of your staff will be...
The fair use doctrine is key in a number of intellectual property (IP) disputes – typically those involving some type of creative work like music, designs, art and literature. Basically, it says that a person, business or organization may use part of a work that has...
If you’re a new business owner looking for commercial space to lease, one of the factors you may consider as you’re looking at office complexes or other developments is the anchor tenant. This is typically a well-known business, like a major department store, movie...
There is an old saying about location in the real estate business. Exactly who came up with it is a topic of debate, but the quote essentially goes like this: “There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location.” This is used as general...
Every business has contracts that it has to abide by or use to make sure it protects itself. Your business contracts need to be protective, easy to understand and legally binding. Some of the most common clauses to add to business contracts include liability clauses,...
Many businesses will be revising some of their standard contracts with the passage of a new law – one that brought together members of Congress who don’t agree on much of anything. The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021...
A handshake deal is similar to a contract in that you and another party or another business owner are agreeing to work together in some fashion. This is common when two people know each other before they enter into negotiations. They feel like they're on good terms...
If someone has violated your intellectual property (IP) rights, a good first step is often to send them a cease and desist letter. What exactly does – and doesn’t -- this kind of notice do? First, let’s look at what a cease and desist letter is. It’s basically a...
