Key Areas to Be Aware of When Starting a Business
When starting a business in California, there are several laws and regulations that entrepreneurs should consider. It's important to consult with legal professionals to ensure compliance, but here are some key areas to be aware of:
Business Structure:
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Negative Option Marketing Overview:
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) broadly defines "negative option marketing" as a category of transactions where a consumer customer's failure to take affirmative action, either to reject an offer or cancel an agreement, is interpreted as consent to be charged for goods or services. This...
Coronavirus and Covid-19 Issues and Defenses in Contracts
By Kathleen J. Smith, Civil Litigation Attorney
Let’s be clear—Covid 19’s pandemic shutdown may affect your company’s ability to perform its contracts, but it’s no panacea for avoiding all your business obligations. Your contracts may contain variously worded “force majeure” clauses. That doesn’t mean you can ignore paying for...
Annual Employment Law Update, 2021 – Webinar
The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the world as we once knew it; therefore, it should come as no surprise that the virus would impact employment law as well. California’s ever-changing employment laws will have employers scrambling to keep up in 2021! What are the reporting requirements if someone is exposed to...
Starting a New Business – Common Start-Up Costs
Starting a new business is an exciting time. For serial entrepreneurs, starting a new business is often more routine because they have developed a system from their prior ventures. For those who are just diving into entrepreneurship, understanding how to handle the early stages of the business, such as start-up costs, won’t be so routine. If you...
An Overview of Foundational Corporate Documents
Should I Incorporate My Business?
Forming an LLC to Purchase Real Estate
Is My Business Worth More Than its Tangible Assets?
Goodwill is an asset that is an intangible part of a business being purchased. In spite of its intangibility, goodwill may be worth more than physical assets, such as buildings, machinery or inventory. Goodwill is the essence of the company's value to its customers, clients, and employees – its good name, if you...
Why Should I Incorporate my Small Business?
By: Roy Schneider, Esq.
Why Should I Incorporate my Small Business?
Not every small business needs to form an LLC or a corporation in order to function. A child selling lemonade by the side of the road has no use for a Tax ID number,...