Recent Blog Posts
Can Customers Legally Harass Your Employees?
In your business, it is likely that you are very aware of, and try to avoid, harassing employees, or even allowing employees to harass each other. You may even (hopefully) have policies dealing with harassment, how to report it, and how it’s investigated. But when it comes to customers harassing your employees, you may… Read More »
What Happens When a Partner in a Partnership Commits Fraud?
When you go into business as a partnership, you might not want it to happen, but you are aware of the risk, that a partner doesn’t pull his or her weight, or that the partner doesn’t fulfill his or her obligations under a partnership agreement. What you may not anticipate–and what you may not… Read More »
How the New Choice Act Affects Florida’s Noncompete Agreement Laws
Noncompete agreements have been a contentious issue, and the subject of many “on again off again” rules and regulations making them illegal and then legal again. But in Florida, a new law not only reinforces the previous legalization of these agreements, but actually, it can be argued, makes them a bit stronger. The Choice… Read More »
Have You Reviewed Your Business’ Bylaws?
This happens all the time: Someone starts a business, and gets all their paperwork in order, including their bylaws. Then time goes on, things change, both in life, technology and your business…and yet, your bylaws remain the same. And one day, they simply don’t meet your needs. It may be time to look at… Read More »
Include These Provisions in Your Independent Contractor Agreements
If your business relies on independent contractors, you may want to consider some type of agreement with those contractors, to spell out the rights and responsibilities of all parties. But there can be special considerations with independent contractors, and the contracts that you have with them. Obviously, there are all types of contractors that… Read More »
How and When to Use a Break Order
Sometimes commercial or business litigation is about money. But other times, it isn’t about money — it’s about property or items or who has a right to own or possess that property. The litigation over who the property belongs to can last a long time, and during that time, there may be concern over… Read More »
How the Business Judgment Rule Protects You
As a business owner, you have a dilemma or a difficulty. On the one hand, you owe a duty to your shareholders to maximize their return on their shares, and to grow the business, and that takes making the right decisions, and running the business the right way. On the other hand, business isn’t… Read More »
Should Business Owners get Errors and Omissions Insurance?
There are a lot of positions in the business world that require us to make subjective and tactical decisions. That may be because we’re a professional, like an architect or a consultant or an engineer, or it may be because we own a company and have a duty to shareholders and others in our… Read More »
Starting a Home Based Business? Here are Some Considerations
It’s easy to forget if you have a home based business, that even though you’re physically in your home, you still ate a legal business, and still have all the legal obligations that any business has. But while being in a home based business in many ways can make your life easier, there are… Read More »
Leasing Commercial Property? Don’t Forget These Issues
So you bought or you own commercial property. All you have to do now is find a tenant (or a few of them), get a lease, and collect the rent, right? Well, it’s a bit more complex than that, and if you don’t account for every contingency, you could end up with legal problems… Read More »
