Business Law

The terms included in an employment contract can help protect a business from liability and litigation. Employers clarify what wages and benefits they intend to offer, limiting the risk of employee litigation over unmet expectations. Businesses can also provide clear...

Small business owners often count on a variety of professional relationships to keep the company afloat. These can include other companies, suppliers, employees, partners and clients. As they’re managing those relationships, there may be times when a contract becomes...

As a business owner, whenever you enter a contractual agreement with an individual or other business, it’s critical to ensure that you know whom you’re dealing with. A business can have an impressive website filled with positive client testimonials and photos of their...

Starting a business with your friends seems like a natural choice – who better to partner with in realizing your business dreams than people who are close to you?  The shared sense of camaraderie can create a strong foundation for your joint venture. However, even the...

Operating a successful and profitable business requires not just a solid business plan but also ongoing research. Businesses have to track the marketplace to ensure they offer goods and services that consumers want. Companies need to track trends to ensure that they...

When businesses are successful, expansion can be a smart undertaking. The company can increase the number of products it manufactures or how many consumers can access its goods and services. Unfortunately, growth is also a dangerous time for otherwise successful...

The prospect of a merger can be exciting, as you stand on the cusp of a potentially great leap forward. You’ll have so much to think about at this time, with checking figures and drawing up legal documents,  that it is easy to forget about your staff. Yet they are...

There are many reasons that businesses may end up embroiled in legal conflict. In some cases, the leaders running an organization initiate litigation to hold another party accountable for misconduct. A former employee may have violated a non-compete agreement, or a...

Succession planning is often consequential to the future of a business. Those who start their own businesses often reach the conclusion that they need to establish the succession plan for their own protection. Executives and other power players at organizations are...

Some people start businesses with the intention of running them for years and then handing them down to their children or grandchildren. For others, a business is an asset that they eventually intend to sell to others. Parties ranging from entrepreneurs to...