Many business owners start their business small before building up a team. While every member of your team is important, if you have a business partner, this individual is likely pivotal to the success of your company. While you and your business partner may have...
Business Litigation
Why do you need to keep the end in sight in a business dispute?
If you do business with enough people or companies, there will likely come a time when a dispute arises. Unfortunately, it is human nature that people will not always agree. That is why ensuring you have strong contracts in place with employees, vendors and more is...
Breach of contract: What you should know
Whether you own a small business or operate a large corporation, you may have entered into a contract with another company. Ideally, businesses enter into contracts with the intent to benefit both parties. When one party fails to meet their end of a contractual...
Why do business partnerships so often fail?
A business partnership might sound like a good idea in the beginning. A whole world of possibility awaits, you are probably working side by side with someone you like and trust, and you don't have to face business challenges alone. What could go wrong? A lot, it turns...
Understanding breach of fiduciary duty in business law
Fiduciaries are common in the business context. Corporate officers, directors, business partners, managing members and other key decision-makers are often considered fiduciaries. As such, they are held to high standards when carrying out their responsibilities....
How an NDA can support your business
Owning a business comes with making many decisions. In addition to managing the overall profit and loss, you also need to decide what contracts and protections you need to support your company. Having your employees and the people you do business with sign a...
Amazon moves away from arbitration in customer disputes
As one of the globe’s preeminent corporations, Amazon’s dispute resolution strategies attract extensive scrutiny. One of the company’s recent decisions regarding customer disputes has raised both praise and criticism from voices across many industries. Recently,...
Collaborative law for business disputes: Three things to consider
Business owners and executives are always looking for ways to streamline processes and minimize excessive costs. Unfortunately, while looking at business systems, production processes and market analyses for places to trim costs, so many miss the most obvious: legal...
Common shareholder disputes
Companies take on shareholders to raise capital for many reasons. However, once you bring in shareholders, you face the possibility of disputes over company management. Conflict among shareholders and partners is common in businesses. It is a natural result of...
The two kinds of NDA and what to do if one is broken
Even if a business prides itself on public transparency, that likely does not mean all details are meant for the public eye. Luckily, non-disclosure agreements can help keep the intimate details of a business operation under lock and key. And, while simple utilization...

