When you own your own small business, you accept that risk and worry are a package deal. At some point, you'll probably start wondering whether you need to hire a business attorney. Frankly, most small business owners put off developing a relationship with an attorney...
As a small business owner, you naturally want to promote your products or services as much as possible -- but you need to also keep in mind the limitations you are under. Federal and state laws alike aim to protect consumers from unfair business tactics. The...
Change orders are every contractor's nightmare. While some can be easily resolved, others end up throwing both parties into battle over the associated costs and delays. That's why you want to do everything in your power to minimize the number of change orders you get...
If you own a multi-unit commercial building, whether it's a plaza full of spaces or a building full of offices, beware of the exclusive use clause. Most of your tenants, if they have any experience with commercial leases, will want them. However, agreeing to broad...
Rental landlords should know that there's a right way and a wrong way to evict a tenant. The wrong way is posting a 72-hour notice on someone's door after a hurricane, having their electrical power cut off and telling them that you want them out so that repairs can...
Your home is important to you -- so when you hire a contractor to do renovations or build an addition, you expect your contractor to live up to his or her end of the bargain. So, what do you do when the work seems to crawl to a stop, leaving you with an unfinished...
Is your business in a legal dispute with someone? Depending on the nature of the dispute -- and your desire to resolve the issue quietly and quickly -- you may want to consider hiring a private judge. Hiring a private judge to settle a civil suit between two...
In any business deal, all the involved parties are expected to look out for themselves, but that doesn't mean that a party can resort to trickery just to make a deal. A fraudulent misrepresentation is a type of deliberate untruth that one party uses to lure another...
What can a tenant do when a landlord fails to maintain a property in a way that he or she is legally obligated to do? In effect, tenants can allege that they have been the victim of a "constructive eviction." As a result, they may be entitled to end the lease and...
"Native" ads are designed to fit right into a social media feed in a way that enhances the viewer's experience, rather than detracting from it. Unfortunately, some companies have gone too far in their efforts to disguise paid-for content as something organic. That can...
