:: Of course, as you read through any contract (a bill of sale for a car, a promissory note for a house, an employment agreement before starting a job), you are already scanning each sentence like a hawk. Where is the “gotcha” provision the other party is trying to pull over on you? The majorContinue reading “Details giveth and missing details taketh away.”
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The trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
:: To learn how to stay on a bronco until the 8 second bell, you have to first learn how to stay on for one. Then 2 seconds. Then 4. The never-die attitude of a small business owner says, “if I get thrown, I will just dust myself off, and jump right back onto thatContinue reading “The trick is to ride and make it to the bell.”
When your LLC looks and acts like you
:: If a judge can’t tell what belongs to your business and what belongs to you, you might have a problem. If a judge also can’t tell that you are legally distinct from your LLC, you might have a big problem. If a judge also sees your company can’t pay back its debts and hasContinue reading “When your LLC looks and acts like you”
A bird in the hand
:: Whether to play it safe or to risk it all is not just a cornerstone theme of popular board games. It’s also a real choice you will have to make come settlement time. In order to stop you from taking your case to trial, an adversary will often attempt to put serious money onContinue reading “A bird in the hand”
Not all wins are the same.
:: Just because there is a clear path to victory, doesn’t mean you should blindly rush to travel it. Crushing an adversary in litigation? Priceless, maybe. But that pricelessness will turn hollow fast if, though you win on liability, you are awarded zero damages. Or suppose you do manage to score a few thousand bucks from your adversary, but theContinue reading “Not all wins are the same.”
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