Aug 14, 2017
How to Create a Non-Profit Entity
We get a lot of calls from people with great ideas for charitable undertakings but often with little understanding of how to put those ideas into action. For many people,...
Author: Stephen Comeau
Steve Comeau is a former Of Counsel Attorney for Law 4 Small Business (L4SB), and has been licensed to practice law in the State of New Mexico for over 36 years.
May 19, 2015
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....
May 4, 2015
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...
Apr 8, 2015
Avoiding Construction Project Disasters
Law 4 Small Business offers tips on avoiding construction project disasters.
Feb 11, 2015
The Art of Buying and Selling a Business
Whether you are buying or selling a business, few people will disagree that this process is one of the most important, exhilarating and emotional experiences of your life. For the...
Jun 4, 2014
Considerations when Buying a Partnership Interest
Although we have covered in some detail the necessary steps and issues encountered when creating a new business, we have not discussed what you need to consider when buying “into”...
May 6, 2014
What Can a Small Business Lawyer Do For You?
The practice of law for small business covers substantive areas that are literally as varied as are the types to small businesses and the challenges they face. These potential areas...
Apr 30, 2014
What “TM” or “®” Mean on a Trademark or Logo
As any business person should know, ownership and usage of your company’s name and logo is a very valuable asset. Many marketing dollars of businesses of every size are spent...
Apr 18, 2014
How to Form an LLC in New Mexico
Listed below is a step-by-step checklist for how to form a New Mexico limited liability company (LLC). These steps will be very similar from state to state. However, depending on...
Mar 11, 2014
Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
This is our final topic on the subject of things you need to consider in selecting an appropriate business entity. After our initial discussion of general issues involved in making...
Mar 4, 2014
Partnerships
The next topic in our continuing discussion about selecting an appropriate form of entity for your business is “partnerships.” When the first two people in history came together in some...
Feb 14, 2014
Sole Proprietorships
In our previous blog article about choosing a business entity, the first and simplest form of business on the “menu” was the “sole proprietorship.” Notice that we referred to this as...