Dec 15, 2016 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Small business
Limitation of Liability In previous posts in this series, we talked about the “boilerplate” provisions that you see in many contracts. As we discussed, while these provisions may seem to be run-of-the-mill, they do have meaning and can affect the parties’...
Jul 18, 2016 | Acquisitions, Asset Purchase, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Medium-sized business, Small business, Stock Acquisitions
Buyers versus Sellers In a recent post I outlined the features of the two main types of business acquisitions, stock and asset deals. To recap briefly, in a stock acquisition, the buyer purchases the stock of the company being acquired. In doing so the buyer takes...
Jun 24, 2016 | business attorney, Contract, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business
Buying or Selling a Business: Stock vs Asset deals explained. Businesses are bought and sold all the time. Transactions range in size from under $100,000 to billions of dollars. For most sales of small to medium-size companies, the transaction is usually structured...
Apr 22, 2016 | business attorney, Corporation, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Small business
7 Steps Your Business Can Take To Avoid Discrimination Claims If your business has employees, you know that managing them is a daily process, and often challenging. One challenge you want to avoid is a discrimination claim, in which an employee claims that they have...
Mar 30, 2016 | business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Entrepreneurs, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business, Startups
Don’t do business on a handshake: get it in writing! People have been doing business together for thousands of years, and for just as long, they have been entering into verbal and written contracts. Here is a rental contract from nearly 4,000 years ago in...
Mar 1, 2016 | business attorney, Corporation, Export, Global, International business, Medium-sized business, Small business
It’s a Big World Out There: How to Take your Business Global (Part 1) There are many small and mid-size companies here in Colorado, and across the U.S. making great products or providing valuable services. Many of those companies do all of their business...