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...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I've discussed before, in part, but I want to talk about a preventative issue.  I've talked before about vendors and suppliers breaching their contract, and how to handle that issue, but how can you prevent tha...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up with a lot of my LLC restructuring clients, and that's how someone can leave his or her LLC, especially if it's a multi-member LLC.   This can be a problematic issue, especially if the LLC operating ag...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an important topic, and it's not entirely a legal topic, but I still get asked about it a lot, and that's insurance.  First of all, a disclaimer, Liberty Legal Solutions, LLC is a law firm and not an insurance agency.  If y...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an important topic that does not come up often enough.  In fact, with the many cases I am aware of around the State of Oklahoma, this is something that is probably not discussed enough.  But I do have clients who have these...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something else in the construction industry, and in other industries, as well, and that is a breach of contract by a vendor or a supplier.  If you get into a dispute with a vendor or supplier, it can bring your production o...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another very common issue, especially for those with construction issues, and that's “How can I settle a dispute with my contractor?”  I get a lot of inquiries regarding contractors who fail to perform their work, although ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a very common issue that I get from prospective clients, and that is, “I want to buy an existing business, can you help me get a business agreement together?”  I will always ask them if it has already been negotiated, and u...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, we're going to continue to talk about business partnerships, and this week, we're going to talk about fiduciary duties.  Specifically, I want to talk about breaches of fiduciary duties by a business partner.  So, in today's Freedom Friday blog ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an issue that I get a lot from my clients and prospective clients, and that's how they should handle the situation of a business partner leaving.  Either my client wants out of the LLC or business partnership, or the other ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about the question that I get asked by so many clients, and this is also a question that I know many prospective clients are asking, but they don't actually ask me, and that's “Why is business litigation necessary?”  Why do I nee...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an issue that comes up occasionally with some of my clients, and that is non-disclosure agreements, better known as NDAs.  Either someone wants me to review their NDA before they sign it, or sometimes I have clients who wan...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a question I get asked about somewhat often, and that's can I enforce an oral contract?  Everyone knows they can enforce a contract or agreement in writing, and that's why the old adage is true, “Get it in writing!”  But ca...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that comes up in so many cases and transactional matters that I get involved in, and that's legal documents downloaded from the Internet.  Not only do I get asked to review these almost every week, but many of the...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that I actually get asked to review frequently, and that's a non-compete agreement, or a covenant not to compete, within the context of a larger employment agreement.  Probably the number one question I get is how...

This week in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, we're concluding the series 10 Steps to Take Your Business to the Next Level in 2023, and today we're discussing the tenth step to take your small business to the next level, which is to manage debts wisely.  As a small business owner, it...

This week in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, we're continuing the series 10 Steps to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level in 2023, and today we're discussing the ninth step to take your small business to the next level, which is to obtain business insurance.  As a small busine...

This week in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, we're continuing the series 10 Steps to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level in 2023, and today we're discussing the eighth step to take your small business to the next level, which is commercial leasing.  A major challenge that gro...

This week in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, we're continuing the series 10 Steps to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level in 2023, and this week we're discussing the seventh step to take your small business to next level, which is to hire your first independent contractor or e...