Category: Blog Post

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a question that I get asked, maybe at least two or three times a year in different ways, and that's how to start a nonprofit.  Given that today is Black Friday, and this coming Tuesday is often called “Giving...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that relates to some of my current clients but probably should relate to a lot of small business owners, and that's confidentiality clauses and their enforcement.  Many small business contracts have provisions for confidentiality, but there are...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I don't usually get asked about, but probably should be asked about more often, and that's what is called the merger clause in a contract.  If you've ever signed a contract as a small business owner,...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up with some of my clients, and that's if they win their case, can they get the other side to pay their attorney's fees.  Most of the time, the answer is no, but sometimes you...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that does not come up often enough and usually comes up with respect to breach of contract litigation, and that's venue clauses.  Many contracts have venue clauses which require any litigation to be filed in a specific...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that I wish more prospective clients would ask me about, and that's alter ego, also known as piercing the corporate veil.  Before we go any further, you might be asking, “What's alter ego?”  A better question would...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another important topic that doesn't come up often enough, and that's independent contractor agreements.  I routinely get asked to draft independent contractor agreements of some nature or another.  In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm talking about...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that doesn't come up enough, and that's partnership disputes, and especially how to prevent them.  A few weeks ago, I talked about how to deal with rogue business partners, but this week I want to talk about...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up with some of my comments, and that's NDAs, which is short for non-disclosure agreements.  Many small businesses require employees and independent contractors to sign NDAs as part of their employment and/or independent contractor agreements....

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that does not come up often enough, and that's how to handle difficult, and even rogue, business partners.  Even if you are not in a partnership, but in an LLC, you can still deal with this issue....

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up with a lot of clients, and something that I am asked to do for a lot of my clients, and that's demand letters.  Many clients think that they can send a demand letter on...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that came to me from a prospective client this week.  A lady sent me an email about a vendor contract that a relative of hers had signed.  She had purchased the business from her relative and so...