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contract details are important

The Contract: Details are Important

Let’s say your business is expanding quickly and you are looking to hire a new employee. You are busy managing the day-to-day, so you don’t really have time to interview....

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Can Existing Companies be Made Anonymous?

If you have an existing company, is it possible to “make it anonymous” by removing ownership information that is listed online or made available by the Secretary of State? The...

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What is a DBA?

What is a DBA? A DBA stands for “doing business as“, and can be referred to as a “trade name” or “fictitious name” for a company, partnership or sole proprietorship....

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Ways to Buy an Existing Business

In our previous piece (The Art of Buying and Selling a Business), we discussed some of the important issues you should consider when you want to sell or buy an...

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What is Consideration in Contract Law?

In previous blog articles, we talked about Exceptions That Can Void A Contract and How to Get Out of a Contract. Both of these articles touch on a very important...

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The Florida Double LLC is Double Trouble

What is the Florida Double LLC? For many individuals, their pursuit for anonymity and privacy will have them finding illegitimate solutions to this problem that will expose them to very...

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A Contract Can Save You from a Bad Actor

We keep a freshly stocked box of tissue on every conference table in our primary offices in Albuquerque. The reason for this, is when someone comes into our office, it’s...

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Gross Receipts Tax in the Digital Age

In a previous article, we talked about New Mexico’s Gross Receipts Tax (or NM GRT). To summarize, New Mexico imposes a “sales tax” on the sale of services as well...

How to Properly Form a Partnership

How to Form Good Partnerships

In this article, I define a partnership as “any company where there is more than one owner.” There are two important components in order to form good partnerships: Aligning with...

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How to Tell When Brokers are Cheating You

What really gets under my skin, are greedy brokers who — for the sake of a larger commission — represent both the buyer and seller (or landlord and tenant), and...