Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Can You Get Out of a Contract if the Other Side Breaches That Contract?
If you have a business contract, and the other side breaches the contract, the initial thought may be that you are excused from performance. After all, they breached the agreement, and why should you have to continue to perform an agreement where the other side is not doing what it’s supposed to do? But… Read More »
What if Your Company Needs a Temporary Director?
In your business, you may have a board of directors, tasked with making some important decisions in the management and operation of your company. If you’ve planned ahead, you know that an even number of directors on your Board won’t work—you don’t want tie votes holding up important businesses. So, hopefully, you’ve made arrangements… Read More »
Patents and Trade Secrets: What’s the Difference?
Trade secrets and patents. Both seem to include highly secretive information, and information that is valuable to companies. That’s true. But Although there are similarities, there are also very distinct differences between patents and trade secrets. Public Registration A patent is an invention or design or process that is new or innovative. Patents, as… Read More »
Keeping Business Secrets Safe in a Divorce
When it comes to protecting your business and your business secrets, you may already give thought to the importance of confidentiality agreements between co-workers, employees, contractors or investors. But what about your own spouse? Especially when there is a divorce looming? Sharing Information Amongst Spouses It is a regular practice that husbands and wives… Read More »
Starting a New Business: Can You Do it on Your Own?
To the State of Florida’s credit, the state makes it pretty easy to start your new business. Go online, fill out some forms, answer some questions, and magically, you have a new legal entity with the state. But is that the right thing to do? Can it really be that easy? Well, it is… Read More »
What Happens When LLC Owners Don’t Do Their Job?
In many ways, any kind of business is like a team. This is especially true with smaller or moderately sized businesses, including LLCs. In many LLCs, owners or managers of the company aren’t just passive investors, or shareholders who bought shares and who sit back to collect dividends. In many LLCs, the managers or… Read More »
Fort Lauderdale Learns That Construction Defects Can Happen to Anyone
When we think of construction projects that go wrong, or botched construction jobs, we perhaps think of smaller projects. Surely, a multi million government construction project wouldn’t go too far astray, with all the money at stake, and all the oversight that is involved in government construction contracts. Well, think again: things can and… Read More »
Podcasting: Watch Out for Legal Pitfalls
Podcasts are seemingly everywhere nowadays. It doesn’t matter if your podcast is your business, or whether your podcast is intended to promote or discuss your separate, non-podcast business, podcasts have become the new form of media to disseminate information, content, opinion and news. But podcasts aren’t without legal risk. When you publish anything to… Read More »
Legal Issues When Employees Use Devices to Conduct Company Business
We live in a mobile age, and if you have employees, there is no doubt that they may or could do some company business, on their personal devices, or on devices that are owned by and issued by your business. But anytime there are devices involved in or are doing company business, no matter… Read More »
How and When are Bridge and Construction Loans Used?
Let’s say that you see a great piece of land or a building and you want to buy it. The problem is the property you own now has to be sold first, for you to have the funds to buy the new property, and there is no timetable on when your current property may… Read More »
