In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to follow up on the topic from last week's blog and email newsletter.  Last week I talked about the different kinds of business disputes that end up in court.  In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about the...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to answer one of the most frequently asked questions I get asked.  As soon as people know I'm a lawyer, I inevitably get asked, “What kind of law do you practice?”  Up until recently, I was answering that question by saying “Business ...

Well, once again, this week is Thanksgiving, and the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter is coming out this year a little early, wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  As always, I want to spend a few minutes talking about what I am thankful for this year, as 2023 has been an amazing year...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that actually comes up a lot with many of my clients.  The issue usually is framed this way – “I got into business with so-and-so, and its not working out; my business partner is doing all sorts of things that are b...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk again about a topic that comes up often with a lot of question, and that's contract.  Again, I get a lot of questions about whether a contract is binding and/or enforceable in court, and so I wanted to go over some contract basic...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I still get a lot of questions about, and that I've blogged about before, and that's how to start a small business in Oklahoma.  For those of you who don't know, I am a panel attorney for Rocket Lawyer in Oklah...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that once again I don't get very often, but especially if you're forming a non-profit (or even if you're forming a for-profit corporation), you need to pay attention to.  I want to talk about what a board of directo...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a basic topic that comes up in business disputes that are litigated in Court.  Recently I talked about what you should do if your small business is sued, and how its important to gather documents.  The same is true if your ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that came up with a recent client, but also has been an issue with some of my other clients.  One of my new clients came to me with a proposed partnership agreement and wanted me to review it.  Of course, because th...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that many of my clients ask me about, some more than others, and that's what should your small business do if it gets sued.  In Oklahoma, you only have 20 days to file a response to a lawsuit, and if you're an LLC o...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to continue talking about last week's topic, although it's a different spin on it.  In last week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I talked about whether your contract was legally binding.  We talked about the three basic parts...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another basic topic that frequently comes up with my clients, and that is whether or not a contract is legally binding.  Whether my clients want to enforce their contracts, defend against an alleged breach of contract (whic...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that came up with a prospective client earlier in the week, and unfortunately, I wasn't able to help this prospective client.  They were simply too late.  But if you're a contractor in the construction industry, esp...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that doesn't come up often enough, especially in an LLC with more than one member.  If you have an LLC, and it's a single-member (or sole-member) LLC, then this issue generally doesn't apply to you.  However, ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that doesn't come up very often.  Most prospective clients believe an LLC is the best business entity for their small business, and that's usually correct, in most instances.  However, even the best business entity ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that, again, I wish more prospective clients would ask me about, and that's alter ego.  Now, before we go any further, you might be asking, “What's alter ego”?  A better question would be “How can Batman prevent peo...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to re-visit some information and some questions I routinely get.  I've blogged about this topic before, at least 2-3 times a year, but due to the frequency of questions I get about this topic, I wanted to address it again this week.  In ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an issue that I've talked about before, and that is arbitration versus litigation.  I get a lot of questions about arbitration… should a contract include arbitration for dispute resolution, should I choose arbitration as a ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to talk about an issue which came up with a client today, and it's a complicated issue, but one that's easy to avoid.  In fact, a few years ago, I got a call from a lawyer in California wanting to hire an attorney here in Oklahoma to ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to talk about an issue that I get asked about a lot, or sometimes when it is too late, and although I do not get asked this question directly, many of my prospective new client inquiries are either seeking to prevent this type of a pr...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to continue talking about some issues I brought up in last week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter.  Once again, I get asked a lot of questions about contracts.  Questions like whether it's enforceable, whether it would be hel...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to answer a question I am often asked about contracts, but not necessarily the way I'm phrasing that question.  I get asked to review a lot of contracts for many of my clients.  I get asked all sorts of questions about these contracts...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to talk about a topic that I've discussed before, and that comes up more often than you would think.  I have many clients who either operate as a DBA, but really are a sole proprietorship, or who are considering going into business wi...

Recently in the Tulsa area here in Oklahoma we experienced widespread severe storms.  While none of the storms produced tornados or hail damage, we did have a lot of wind damage, and power outages that affected many businesses around town.  I spoke with a principal at one business, and she told m...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up more often than you might think, although not directly.  I get asked to review a lot of LLC operating agreements, and especially for a single-member LLC (or for that matter an LLC operating agreement c...