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There are plenty of documents that come across your desk as a business owner. Most are standard and you can easily get complacent in reviewing specific terms. For instance, you may have to enter into a commercial lease. Most commercial leases are standard. That being said, you should still take great care...

If you are at the beginning stages of forming a new business, you have probably realized that there is a laundry list of important decisions that need to be made. This includes what type of business to form. There are unique benefits and restrictions to any form of business whether it be...

Intellectual property is essentially a product of the mind or creativity. It may be tangible or intangible. Intellectual property includes things such as inventions, art, literature, and methods. A trade secret is one type of intellectual property that enjoys protections pursuant to U.S. laws, namely the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

The Uniform Trade...

When you have a business, are setting up a business, or selling a business, there is the inevitable paperwork that follows. The paperwork can seem never ending. Things can get lost in the shuffle. Oversights are easy when things start to pile up. Unfortunately, the details in the paperwork are important to not only...

Securing investors is often a critical component to starting or growing a business. In order to maintain and protect your important relationship with your investors, an investor agreement should be carefully drafted and include several key terms. The investor agreement can bring peace of mind to an investor that his or her investment interests...

Starting a business is an exciting time and one filled with important decisions to make and tasks to undertake. If you have decided that establishing your business as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) there are certain regulations that you will need to comply with in order to successfully create a valid LLC....

Setting up shop on your own can be a daunting prospect. A sole proprietorship is a business that is owned and managed by just one person. While more than one person may be helping with business operations, the business is still owned by a single individual. As a sole...

Oftentimes, a business has valuable information that is confidential. A business may have a manufacturing process or sales technique that they wish to safeguard and protect from others outside of the company using. These are commonly referred to as “trade secrets.” A trade secret is a kind of intellectual property. A trade secret...

There are several documents that are foundational in starting a business. A shareholder agreement is one such document. The shareholder agreement essentially lays down how the business will be run. It is very important to properly draft a shareholder agreement when there is more than one person investing in the business. It...