Nothing is guaranteed in life -- especially where business is concerned. A shift in the local economy, a change in your personal circumstances, even new developments in technology can suddenly bring a once-thriving small business to a sudden halt. If that happens, one...
When you freelance in the creative arts for a living, contracts can save your finances and your reputation -- but many freelancers don't know how to begin drafting a good contract or understand exactly why they need one. Good contracts are actual designed to do one...
Could the only child of music legend Elvis Presley actually be just about broke? According to Lisa Marie Presley's lawsuit against her one-time business manager, that's essentially how she's been left due to his mismanagement of her funds and poor decisions regarding...
Finding out that your business is the focus of a lawsuit is enough to make any small business owner feel sick. A lawsuit can make you feel like everything you've worked so hard to build could be swept away all at once. Unfortunately, this is no time to fall apart....
These days, a lot of tech businesses rely on proprietary information and designs to thrive -- which means it is increasingly important to keep whatever intellectual property you have from falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, some of those "wrong hands" can...
Hiring a contractor is a little bit stressful for most people. You don't usually do it often enough to effectively judge whether someone you're about to hire is good or bad at the job. To make it a little easier, here are some signals that if you see them in the...
The ever-expanding medical marijuana business in the United States has created a lot of legal headaches in different industries -- and that includes the real estate industry. Given how potentially profitable commercial real estate involved in the cultivation of...
A number of Florida residents are very unhappy with their insurance company after filing claims for damage from Hurricane Irma several months ago. Not only are their homes going without repairs, the homeowners are being sued by their own insurance company for contract...
Most employees think of a contract as something that protects them from getting fired for no good reason. They don't think of it as something that also legally binds them to a job they might decide they hate. Unfortunately, some employers do include clauses in their...
Mistakes are part of the process of starting a new business -- but some mistakes can end your dreams before they really get started. Want to avoid some of the most common mistakes new business owners make? Follow these tips: Get a separate business account If you're...
