Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. -Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was asked by a young attorney how to build his law practice. His advice (part of it...
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Thanks to Jim Hopkins at Small Biz for leading me to NFIB, the Voice of Small Business with 411 facts about small businesses. Looking for information for a presentation, a business plan proposal or...
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Do you work from home? Do your clients or partners ever visit your home for business reasons? If so, you should know that your homeowners (or renters) insurance policy most likely will not protect...
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Recommend an IRS site? Sure, if it's a good one. And this is. Here is what the IRS labels a Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource. If you're looking for a place to investigate...
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What kind of legal structure is right for your business? Sole proprietorship? Limited liability company? C-corporation? Partnership? Does it matter that much anyway? Well, in some ways, which...
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J. Douglas Miller in the "Small Business IP Protection and Management" blog tells us about a new program for small business owners from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO says...
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One of the essential criteria for a binding contract is agreement, or in legalspeak, "a mutual manifestation of assent to the same terms." (Barron's Law Dictionary 2nd ed.) Yet I come...
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Let's start with a few questions: 1.How much do you need to know about copyright? 2.Should you copyright your work product? 3.What if you unintentionally infringe on someone else's copyright?...
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There are a whole lot of lawyers out there (at least in the US where I live) and lots of people get information and advice about running their business via the internet. I know that I've received...
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