business law

Here are the top ten things I love about the LLC.

Contracts are the trip wire of deals. Here’s why. With legit business people, you can’t get started on the work or the payments until you sign the contract. Your contract is your reason to write down what has to get done, what has to get paid and by when….

I knew I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 9. I had a rough childhood and I wanted to help people feel strong and validated. I wanted to help people get justice. I carried that vision all through college, working as a graveyard waitress, picking up my…

Note to Commecion: Thank you so much for calling in to my radio show today. Since we didn’t get to your question about how do get credit for your business even if your personal credit is bad, here are some tips. Understand that even if you have great personal…

Note to Janice: Janice, thanks for calling in to my radio show today. I’m republishing this post so it is easy for you to find. Keep me posted on your progress. *** A person you hire to work for you is either an “employee” or an “independent contractor.” Trying…

It’s May. Soon, the kids – drinking age and younger – will come seeking internships. So, this is the season when accounting and legal bloggers do a post on the legal treachery of using unpaid interns. And, we are no exception. Let’s say you are tempted to take the…

As a business lawyer, I sometimes get hired to perform a sort of marriage counseling for business partners. The goal is to preserve the business by coaxing the partners back together or gently breaking them apart.  I always know I can save the partnership when each partner asks the…

I’ve spent the last few years trying to figure out how to make business law accessible for entrepreneurs – not just to encourage more small business, but also to make what I do available to people who can’t pay my rate. So, we here at Profit and Laws published…

I used to represent a now defunct hedge fund that had a whip smart general counsel. Her standards were high and she prized speed and competence. At one point, I was helping her get licenses to a bunch of algorithms. I drafted the first version of the license agreement,…