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Do You Know Your Own Company Name??!?
Does Your Company Even Exist? As a business owner, you’ve done your homework. You have put your blood, sweat and tears into crafting your dream. You’ve registered with (seemingly) every...
How to Avoid a Lawsuit
GETTING SUED What’s your biggest fear as a business owner? Bankruptcy? Bad reviews? Lack of control? If you answered ‘lawsuits‘, you are not alone. In fact there’s even a word...
Why You Should Be Comparing Your Employees to Furniture
HIRING There are countless books, movies and tips on how to hire the ‘right’ employee. Let’s cut to the chase– there is no such thing as the ‘perfect fit’. However...
How to Dissolve a LLC Properly
Last week, I wrote a blog article entitled How to Properly Dissolve a For-Profit Corporation (in New Mexico), which detailed how to dissolve an S-Corp or C-Corp, which is different...
Business Acquisition Checklist
BUYING A BUSINESS Thinking of buying a business or part of a business? If so, then congratulations! Simply by reading this article, you are exhibiting the prudence and wisdom that...
UCC Search & Lien Search in Business Acquisition
Previously, we have discussed the high-level issues of either acquiring or selling a business, in a blog article entitled, The Art of Buying and Selling a Business. In this article,...
What is “Piercing the Corporate Veil” ?
LIABILITY Liability can be quite confusing to a small business. Do you know what you are personally liable for? What are the exceptions to liability? What is “piercing the corporate...
Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets
PROTECTING YOUR COMPANY’S TRADE SECRETS As a business owner, you have a lot to worry about. With all that needs to be done, sometimes the non-physical aspects can be neglected....
What Did You Get Yourself Into? (Understanding Partnerships)
Business lawyers are frequently engaged by clients who have gotten themselves into a business relationship and need to get out of the relationship, for various reasons. Like marriage, or pretty...
Maintaining Your Privacy with an Anonymous LLC
In today’s information age driven by the advent of the Internet, web-based applications and mobile devices, privacy has become a precious commodity. In the US, almost all states publish “public...
Beware Deceptive Marketing Practices
Targeting Small Business Owners As a small business owner, you will, no doubt, be subject to a variety of marketing ploys to garner your attention. In particular, your mail will...
S.M.A.R.T. Goals are Smart to Have
Many of our blog articles are devoted to contracts and attempt to help educate our small business clients and prospective clients on the issues of contract law, as it pertains...