Your Business Deserves To Thrive
A lot of times clients and friends say “I just want a short contract. Don’t make it long.” Well, there are reasons lawyers write long contracts. And it’s not because they want to bill more. I agree with simple and understandable. In a perfect world we’d all right one page contracts and forget it. However given the complexity of today’s…
Collecting sales tax – and when sales tax needs to be collected – continues to get more complicated. In a recent decision the Maryland Tax Court concluded that Travelocity, an online seller of hotel room and car reservations – with no cars or rooms it owns in the State of Maryland – was responsible for filing to do business in…
In a growing number of states and localities (such as cities) it is becoming illegal to ask job candidates about their past earnings histories. Employers are advised to be careful about this question or consider not asking potential employees about their earnings history at all. This National Law Review article goes into more detail.
We are working on a brief document showing our commitment to our clients. What are your thoughts? I would like your input: Our Commitment to Clients (Your Bill of Rights) To the fullest extent permitted by law and our rules of attorney ethics we work to: Knowing and Protecting You: Get to know you and your matter and learn…
When you are involved in a deal, whether it is a large strategic transaction, or a possible merger, acquisition, stock sale, or going public, you will start hearing the words “due diligence” thrown around. A lay person may not be familiar with this term, and it may not make sense. If you are like most business owners, you don’t play…
Do not wait too long for advice. While meeting with a group of experienced consultants recently, we discussed mergers, what had worked, and what had not. We talked about clients from the nonlegal side, who wait too long to get advice on their mergers. They start doing things, preparing paperwork, discussing terms, and only later involve a team and lawyers.…
Do you need the services of a law firm, or have you ever considered using LegalZoom, the popular internet software for filling out online forms and documents? Or perhaps one of its competitors? Here are a few things to consider. LegalZoom documents state that you should use that service in conjunction with a lawyer because you should have your own…
There may come a time in your company’s business when you must decide if you need to consult a lawyer. Here are some factors that can help you determine whether this is indeed necessary or not. #1. What is the amount at stake? If you are looking at low dollars, it is probably not cost beneficial to involve a lawyer.…
As your business grows, you are going to have challenges. Our friends at Strategic Coach would call this the “ceiling of complexity.” At some point, your business will get so complicated that you will not be able to manage it effectively. You cannot figure out how to make the business work better, and it will not grow without new thought or…
Conflicts are going to happen, even in the most successful partnerships. As a partnership develops, some of the biggest struggles can be finding solutions to these conflicts. One of the reasons people shy away from partnerships is the possibility of disagreement. How do we put arrange things to make sure that the partnership minimizes the risk of disagreement and keeps…