How to Craft an Airtight Partnership Agreement A partnership, in the broad sense, is a business endeavor taken by two or more parties for profit. A partnership agreement, therefore, sets out the rights and duties for partners in business together; it outlines the “rules of the road” in much the same way that other contracts […]
Who’s Got Your Six? What Every Business Owner and CEO Should Do Before December 31 The short answer is: buy a legal audit. Buy it now; perform it in 2020. The ROI is better than anything you’ll find on Wall Street. Here’s why. Lawsuits suck I’ve been representing businesses in litigation for 18 years. I […]
Enforcing and Fighting an Automatic Renewal Provision in a Lease Few issues catch both landlords and tenants off-guard more than an automatic renewal provision in a lease. Ostensibly to ensure and protect an ongoing landlord-tenant relationship, most of the time these provisions just end up surprising one or more parties and forcing them into another […]
Your Ohio business website is not ADA compliant. That makes you a lawsuit target. Are you an Ohio business with a brick and mortar location? Do you have a website with a nexus to that brick and mortar location? Congratulations, you must now comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) “requirements” to make your […]
How Does Someone Violate the CSPA? This is the fifth installment of our series on Ohio’s consumer laws, designed to raise awareness of a part of business owner’s potential pitfalls of these laws and how they can be avoided. You do not want to find yourself on the wrong side of a CSPA lawsuit. If you […]
How Can You Avoid Being Sued Under The CSPA? In our last post, we presented the first 2 parts of our series on Ohio’s consumer laws, designed to raise awareness of a part of business owner’s potential pitfalls of these laws and how they can be avoided. You do not want to find yourself on […]
Ignore Ohio Consumer Law at Your Own Peril This article is the first part of a series on Ohio’s consumer laws, designed to raise awareness of a part of business owner’s potential pitfalls of these laws and how they can be avoided. You do not want to find yourself on the wrong side of a […]
Agreements to Agree: What Can You Rely On? There are plenty of reasons for “agreeing to agree.” The future is hard to forecast; we don’t want a hang-up to impede a venture in the here-and-now; and a dozen others. I don’t need to tell you that this invites uncertainty into your business relationships. But at […]
Considerations for a Closely-Held Corporation in Ohio The majority of successful family businesses in the United States are closely-held corporations: private (not publicly traded) companies with a limited number of shareholders holding the controlling share of corporate stock. Limited liability companies (or “LLCs”) also constitute a significant number of closely-held family businesses; however, this article […]
Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policies: What are They and Why are They Important? If your business has a website, whether you use it for commercial purposes or otherwise, you’ll want to protect yourself, your website, and your company from malicious forces in the cybersphere. Keep reading to find out about two of the […]
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