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Fall is upon us. For business owners, this is a good time to review your contracts with vendors, partners, personnel, customers, and the like. Do you have any unwritten agreements that should be firmed up and committed to writing? Do you have any contracts, such as...

If you are a licensed professional, your "ticket" is probably the most important and valuable business asset you own. Without it, you will need a new line of work. Unfortunately, I frequently see licensed professionals in disciplinary actions/investigations who first...

Tortious interference with contractual relations is the most common of the business torts. Under this cause of action, a plaintiff can seek damages for the loss of a contractual relationship as a result of improper interference by a third party. Punitive damages are...

A contract is a mutual exchange of legally enforceable promises. So in the event that one of the contracting parties breaches its promise, you would think that the non-breaching party could have the promise legally enforced. Well . . . not exactly. In the vast...

My father owned a drug store. I used to work at the front register when I was just a child. When a customer approached staff with a question, we were trained to say, “How can I help you?” As an attorney, I believe this is still the best question to ask a potential new...

A contract is a mutual exchange of legal promises. For example, you agree to paint my house; and I agree to pay you $500. Each of us has promised to perform. But what if someone fails to perform their promise? That is called a breach. When a beach occurs, the...

The practice of law is fantastically more efficient now than it was when I first began to work in a law office in the 1980's. We had fax machines then, which was a significant technological advancement. But imagine a law practice with no internet, no cell phones, and...

I have been handling employment disputes for over 30 years. During that time, little has changed. There are a few more laws protecting employees than there used to be. But basically everything else is the same. I represent both employees and employers. I enjoy doing...

There are very significant differences between the various types business entities that are available for formation. But few of my clients have any meaningful ability to differentiate between a corporation, a limited liability company, or a partnership. Fewer still...

Have you ever watched what a rock climber does before starting a complicated ascent? That’s right… the climber plans each move. If the climber just started climbing without carefully considering the efficiencies and ramifications of decisions, the climb might fail, or...