You have health, car, and home insurance because sometimes, stuff happens that you can’t control or predict. Similarly, when you run a business, sometimes the unexpected happens. Equipment is destro...
Advantages of Securing Title Insurance
Anytime you purchase property, you’ll have the option to purchase title insurance at the same time. Title on a piece of real estate (land and/or buildings) is how ownership is documented. Since owne...
Understanding Shareholder Activism
As corporations get larger, shareholders are often less and less involved, especially when they only own a small portion of the enterprise. A new trend is the rise of activist shareholders, owners wit...
Do You Want to Hire Someone as an Independent Contractor or Employee?
For business in certain industries such as high tech, it is often common to hire people as independent contractors rather than as employees. In some cases, it’s because they’re hiring them for a s...
Key Employee Retention for MSPs and Other Tech Companies
One challenge facing MSPs and many other businesses, especially in the tech sector, is attracting and retaining top talent. As business attorneys, we see how a variety of businesses have handled this ...
What is the Business Duty of Care?
As the owner of a business, you have certain fiduciary responsibilities to your business, including the duty of loyalty, the duty of obedience, and the duty of care. These duties are designed to make ...
Why You Need to Update Your Estate Plan After Divorce
When you start the process of getting a divorce, your attorney will also recommend you update your estate plan (or put one together if you’ve never had one). Otherwise, if you die without updating y...
The Advantages of Getting a Trademark
Creating a new business or product can be exciting. You’re full of the energy and promise of the future and you or your marketing team have come up with some amazing branding for your new venture. Y...
Best Practices in Safeguarding Digital Client Information
Gone are the days of the good old attorney who didn’t understand the demands and uses of digital information. Now, all attorneys are expected to be up to speed on electronic records and, more import...
Non-Compete Agreements that Work
Almost every good employee agreement for professionals includes some form of non-compete clause or a whole separate non-compete agreement. These agreements restrict an employee’s ability to take the...