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

Emotional Support Animals and Businesses

December 30, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Tips, EEOC Violation Defense, Employee Management, Lawsuit / 0 comments

From the airport to the doctor’s office or the local grocery store, it’s becoming more and more common to notice emotional support animals or service dogs, assisting their owners in a variety of ways. Although it might be difficult to tell them apart at first glance, there are important distinctions in the laws and roles […]

Deepfakes and their legal implications

July 23, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit / 0 comments

It’s hard to deny our affinity for creativity when it comes to enhancing selfies, vacation photos, or everyday moments with friends. Photo alteration, or manipulation, has been around for more than a century. Ansel Adams enthusiasts know he manipulated his distinct landscape images by creating darkroom exposure techniques. These days, filters on Snapchat and Instagram […]

Contract Tip: Attorneys Fees

July 31, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Contracts, Lawsuit, Resolving Disputes / 0 comments

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 fees provision” in it, such a clause greatly reduces the risk of a long, expensive and protracted lawsuit in a dispute. Furthermore, it greatly increases […]

What is Consideration in Contract Law?

April 23, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Tips, Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Employment Law, Lawsuit / 0 comments

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 aspect of contract law that is often overlooked by small business owners: Consideration. Definition Consideration under contract law is defined as a bargained for exchange […]

The Florida Double LLC is Double Trouble

March 27, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, Florida, Lawsuit / 9 comments

The right and ability to conduct business anonymously is very important to some. This is why we’ve offered one of the safest, and arguably, most legal, anonymous LLC set-ups in the business — for about the same price as “the other guys.” Although “hidden shell companies” receive bad press and a negative political narrative, the […]

One Bad Apple

March 19, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Contracts, Lawsuit, Strategic Planning / 0 comments

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 usually because something bad is happening to their business. Everyone’s issues are so vastly different, but the one thing that seems to pull at our […]

Boilerplate Matters in Contracts

January 26, 2017 / by David Ferrance / Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Lawsuit, Resolving Disputes / 0 comments

I’ve been running into a lot of contracts disputes lately where a party’s rights were potentially affected by missing boilerplate provisions. Boilerplate generally refers to language that is reused from one contract to the next. It usually has little to do with the substance of the contract. It is easy to ignore. But when it matters, […]

DirectTV Practices and Your Business

December 15, 2016 / by Larry Donahue / Business Tips, Contracts, Lawsuit / 0 comments

Have you seen the small businesses getting sued thanks to questionable DirectTV Practices? We have. Unfortunately, it is indicative of a far greater issue facing small businesses. Case Study It goes something like this: You own a business. You decide to order DirectTV and schedule an installation. On the scheduled day, the truck pictured arrives […]

Be Careful Who You Call

November 17, 2016 / by David Ferrance / Business Tips, Lawsuit, Marketing, New Mexico / 0 comments

Who can your small business call in the state of New Mexico? Make sure your phone solicitations are not breaking the law. Yes, you can get sued over a call.

FLSA Changes and Your Business

November 15, 2016 / by Lewis Terr / Business Tips, Employment Law, Lawsuit / 0 comments

What do the FLSA changes to overtime rules mean for your business? If you are an employer, you need to know the new FLSA overtime rules.

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