Does Your Small Business Really Need a Buy-Sell Agreement?
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, even...
Does Your Small Business Really Need a Buy-Sell Agreement? Continue reading…Common Pitfalls in an LLC
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 possible still has...
Common Pitfalls in an LLC Continue reading…How to Avoid Alter Ego in Oklahoma
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...
How to Avoid Alter Ego in Oklahoma Continue reading…How to Choose a Business Entity
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. ...
How to Choose a Business Entity Continue reading…How Should My Contract Resolve a Dispute?
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 way of resolving a...
How Should My Contract Resolve a Dispute? Continue reading…What is a Fraudulent Transfer?
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...
What is a Fraudulent Transfer? Continue reading…How to Fight for Control of Your Business
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...
How to Fight for Control of Your Business Continue reading…Is My Contract Really Enforceable?
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 held up in court,...
Is My Contract Really Enforceable? Continue reading…Is My Contract Ambiguous?
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...
Is My Contract Ambiguous? Continue reading…Is a Sole Proprietorship Right for Me?
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...
Is a Sole Proprietorship Right for Me? Continue reading…How Can I Create Business Continuity for My Small Business?
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 me...
How Can I Create Business Continuity for My Small Business? Continue reading…Does My LLC Need a Board of Directors?
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...
Does My LLC Need a Board of Directors? Continue reading…