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What is a Business Succession Plan?
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,...
L4SB, BLSW, and Slingshot Law have moved to downtown Albuquerque!
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...
What is a Certificate of Good Standing?
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...
Moving a Pre-Existing Business Into a New Company
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...
Buying or Selling a Business
Buying or selling a business can be a major aspect of your experience as a small business owner. Whether you’re looking to expand by buying a new business, or selling...
Return of the C Corporation
If you’re starting a new business (or reorganizing an old one), you have a few options to choose from. For example, you could form a Limited Liability Company (or LLC)....
Contract Tip: Top 6 Problems in Contracts
No one likes to pay a lawyer, but it’s always good practice for a small business owner or leader to hire an attorney to review contracts before signing them. Even...
Fiduciary Liabilities and your Company
Introduction: At L4SB, we’re blessed to have many great clients in many industries. Some of our clients serve the business-to-business market, just as L4SB does. When appropriate, we may permit...
Contract Tip: Attorneys Fees
The notion of the concept of “attorneys fees” sounds so self-serving coming from the fingertips of this small business lawyer. The thing is, if a contract has a fair-and-balanced “attorneys...
The “Simple Contract”
If I earned a nickel every time someone asked me to provide a “simple contract,” I would be a rich man indeed. The problem is, when most people think of...
Invalid Contracts Can Cost Your Business
Back in the day, many deals were made based on nothing more than a handshake. While you may still do business with a friend or family member without drawing up...
What’s a Trademark: Word, logo or slogan, or all the above?
What Elements of a Trademark Should be Trademarked? Look at the two trademarks below. The first is from HomeSchool ThinkTank (a former client of ours), and the second is our...