Business Law Professionals
Have business issues put you at risk of shareholder disputes?
Many companies often need financial assistance when getting started and in order to carry out various business operations. As a result, business owners often utilize shareholders who provide capital to benefit the company while also gaining a say in how to address...
Breaking Up Is Hard to DO
The Business Divorce Institute has had an article accepted by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey. It appeared 9/14/2017 in their blog “Free Thinking.” What are the rights of a minority shareholder in a business partnership when the minority...
Partner Communication and the Value of Leadership
What is Charlottesville’s Effect on Your Partnership/Company? Do you and your partners think alike when it comes to the values (behavioral guidelines) of your company? In the wake of the strife in Charlottesville, would you and your partners equally feel comfortable...
Which business valuation method may work best for your company?
Working in the business world can prove exciting and provide a sense of accomplishment. Over the years that you have run your company, you may have experienced many ups and downs that allowed you to work hard and gain the sense of success you so desired. Of course,...
Parting ways with your business partner
No matter how compatible you are or how long you have been working together, disagreements can create tension between you and your business partner. These disagreements can stem from any source, either within or outside of the business. Some common differences between...
Wrongful termination in an at-will world
Your small business is important to you. You likely spent years preparing, learning and saving to create a company where you could be the boss. If everything went according to your plan, you may have hired a few employees and started to make a profit before the first...
Something Can Be Done. You Don’t Have to Remain in an Emotionally Destructive Partnership!
I once received a telephone call from a business owner who started the call by saying, with more than a hint of desperation in his voice: “I have been to five lawyers, and they all told me that there was nothing that could be done to help me separate from my bad...
Problems in the Partnership – How Do They Affect the Business?
There are three aspects to any business and each one is affected differently when partners don’t see eye to eye. Performing the service or making the product. This is how the business makes money. It’s the work of the business. There is a process to it, a set of steps...
Why is There a Need for the Business Divorce Institute (Part 1)?
People enter into business partnerships too casually. When a new client contacts me and says: “I have decided to take a partner. Can you draw up the paperwork?”, my first question is “Why do you want to partner”? I continue to be amazed at some of the responses I...
Take steps to make the sale of your company go smoothly
After more than 30 years of operating your own accounting firm, you have finally decided to fully retire and sell your practice. This type of transaction can be extremely stressful and complicated. While there is no one thing you can do to make the process easy, there...
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