Blog | Law 4 Small Business, P.C. (L4SB)

Protecting Intellectual Property

October 16, 2018 / by Sean Friend / Business Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, New Mexico, Patents, Trade Secret, Trademarks / 0 comments

A Familiar Story Imagine creating something amazing. It’s well made and appreciated by your peers and shared among them. You spend time thinking and rethinking your work, making it better and better only to find someone has stolen your work and now you don’t have any legal claim to your own work because of a […]

Contract Tip: Why Governing Law and Jurisdiction is Important

October 13, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Contracts / 0 comments

Let’s suppose you have a small consulting business. Given the power of the Internet, you can be located in New Mexico, have a partner in California and a client in Illinois. You can work from home. You feel you do good work, and your reputation speaks for itself. You are busy. A friend told you […]

When We Work Together – We All Succeed

September 27, 2018 / by Sean Friend / Business Tips, Marketing, Small Business / 0 comments

Too often businesses fail when they have a fixed mindset. They lack the ability to change and adapt, and often its due to the lack of partnership with other businesses to collectively learn from their mistakes and successes. According to Forbes, “Business owners and businesses have to be flexible, evolving and adapting with what is […]

Contract Tip: What is Force Majeure?

September 24, 2018 / by Jake Goldsmith / Contracts / 0 comments

Contract law is rife with terms of art which can be very confusing to the average business owner. In our previous articles, we have tried to shed some light on terms like Consideration, Indemnity, and Merger. This article will address a term whose definition may not seem intuitive at all, Force Majeure. Hint: If the […]

Speaking with the Lawyers of Tomorrow

September 24, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Intellectual Property, New Mexico, Trademarks / 0 comments

Recently I had great opportunity to speak with Law Students from the University of New Mexico School of Law. I saw this as a great opportunity promote L4SB but also reach out to the lawyers of tomorrow and provide them useful information that I would have enjoyed during my time in law school. Giving back […]

From the Experts – Tax Documents

September 17, 2018 / by administrator / Taxes / 0 comments

Going into business for yourself is exciting, and being your own boss can be both rewarding and financially lucrative. However, there is more to going into business than hanging out a shingle. There are numerous legal documents required, including tax related documents. Establishing Your Business The structure of your business is one of the most […]

Planning for the Unthinkable

September 14, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Certificates, Contracts, Corporations, Resolving Disputes / 2 comments

The unthinkable has happened. On the way home after work, a business owner was involved in a tragic accident and did not survive. The next day over at the workplace, business has come to a standstill. No one knows how to access the files that reflect the status of work in progress. No one has […]

L4SB, BLSW, and Slingshot Law have moved to downtown Albuquerque!

September 13, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Tips, LLC, Locations, Marketing, New Mexico / 0 comments

We’re proud to announce our new corporate offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This marks an important milestone for our law firms. In fact, 2017 year was a big year for Business Law Southwest and L4SB. L4SB was named “One of the Fastest Growing Companies for 2017” in New Mexico while the merger between the two […]

The Report Card for Businesses- What is a Certificate of Good Standing and How Do I Get Mine?

September 11, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Tips, Certificates, Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas / 0 comments

No matter how old we get or how many businesses we own, we are never free of the dreaded “Report Cards” of life. As adult individuals we must concern ourselves with the data listed on our personal credit reports. As business owners and leaders, we must be aware of “Certificate of Good Standing”. For many […]

How To Move a Pre-Existing Business Into a Newly Formed Company

August 30, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Commercial Transactions, Corporations, LLC, Partnership / 0 comments

You listened to your business lawyer, and formed a limited liability company (called LLC) or corporation (such as a C-Corp or S-Corp), and you want to move your pre-existing business into the new company. This is actually a common question, and it’s really important that you do it right. How you do this, depends on […]

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