Monthly Archives: May 2023
What Should You Include In Your Shareholders Agreements?
If you are looking for people to buy shares in your business, and thus, invest in it, those investors are going to want to know what their rights are. Specifically, they are not going to give you money or take shares in your company without a shareholders agreement. But what is in a shareholders… Read More »
Watch For Clawback Lawsuits
If your business is doing well, the last thing on your mind may be bankruptcy, or ending up in bankruptcy court. So how is it that you are being sued by a bankruptcy trustee in bankruptcy court? Yes, you can end up in bankruptcy court, even if you’re not actually in bankruptcy. Here’s how,… Read More »
Collecting Debt? Don’t Get Sued
If you are a company that lends credit or money to consumers, or which performs services for consumers and then collects on the money later, you may find yourself in the business of collecting debt from those consumers. The difficult thing is that we go into business to work in our chosen fields—not to… Read More »
Even Small Companies Can Violate Antitrust Laws
Antitrust laws seem like laws that only large, multinational companies violate. But if you’re not careful, your business can run afoul of these laws as well. Honest Business? What makes antitrust laws so dangerous, and so easy for small businesses to violate, is that they seem like they are prohibiting what would otherwise sound… Read More »
“Standard” Contract Provisions That Could Haunt You If You’re Not Careful
We sign contracts all the time in business—so many, that there are a number of sections in our contracts that we see so often, we refer to them as “boilerplate” provisions. They are common, similar, and often tacked onto every contract that you sign. But some aren’t so harmless, and can cause you real… Read More »
