Negotiating a Good Lease
Almost all small businesses start out in leased premises; many use leased space throughout the life of the business. By leasing rather than owning, you av... Read story
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Starting a Business You Care About
Before you commit to starting or buying a business, be sure you are genuinely interested in what the business does. If you aren't, you are unlikely to suc... Read story
Partnership: Advantages and Disadvantages
Is a partnership is the best structure for your business? A list of the pros and the cons Read story
Limited Personal Liability
Some types of business entities--corporations and limited liability companies are the most common--shield their owners from personal responsibility for bu... Read story
How Planned Development Rules (CC
In subdivisions, condos and planned-unit developments, rules pertaining to home-based businesses are often significantly stricter than those found in city or... Read story
Insuring Your Home-Based Business
It's a mistake to rely on a homeowner's or renter's insurance policy to cover the assets of your home-based business. These policies often exclude or stri... Read story
Is It Time to Change Your Will?
Experience teaches us that the only constant in life is change. But we don't always keep up with the important details - such as updating wills and other ... Read story
Probate FAQ
What is probate? Probate is a legal process that takes place after someone dies. It includes: proving in court that a deceased pe... Read story
Final Arrangements FAQ
Why should I leave written instructions about my final ceremonies and the disposition of my body? Letting your survivors know your... Read story
Running a Business Without Insurance
What are the legal ramifications of not carrying workers' compensation insurance, should a claim arise? For better and for worse, the workers' comp system... Read story
Lawyers Are Paid to Be Buttinskis
The legal establishment put those hoops in your way so that you would be forced to jump through them. It would bear you no fruit to file a complaint in yo... Read story
Papers Served, Full of Mistakes
Q: An individual came into my office and delivered an envelope with my name on it. I was not in at the time and my office assistant took ... Read story
Painful Payments to Former Employees
Q: We discovered two individuals stealing cash and we have obvious proof of their crime. We terminated them upon discussing the results o... Read story
Working Hard or Hardly Working
Q: Here's the situation: An employee is required to punch a timeclock, and is required to come in to work for one hour only on one day a ... Read story
Sorry, a Fulfilling Retirement Is Not for Sale
Millions of Americans buy the retirement industry's familiar song: Unless you save upwards of a million dollars, you are likely to end your days living on... Read story
Get the Lowdown on Government Regulations about Home Businesses
Municipalities have the legal right to establish rules about what types of activities can be carried out in different geographical areas. For example, the... Read story
Copyrights in Cyberspace
While browsing through on an electronic bulletin board, you come across an interesting article on dog training. Thinking it might be of interest to the me... Read story
Understanding Commercial Leases
Your lease is a contract between you and your landlord. A lease can be for a short term (as little as one month) or long term, and it can be written or or... Read story
Will Your Business Make Money?
Some people have a bigger problem than others when opening a new business. These are folks who are completely enamored with their business concept and eag... Read story
Sorry! A Fulfilling Retirement Is Not for Sale
Millions of Americans buy the retirement industry's familiar song: Unless you save upwards of a million dollars, you are likely to end your days living on... Read story
Commercial Lease Checklist
It's crucial to understand from the get-go that, practically and legally speaking, there are oceans of differences between commercial leases and residenti... Read story
The Paperwork Required to Set Up an LLC
To create an LLC, you must file the correct paperwork with your state. Read story
How to Protect Your Invention when Pitching It
If you're trying to license your invention, you run the risk that someone will rip you off. Here aresome ways to avoid trouble. If you've developed... Read story
What Laws Govern a Person's Right to Operate a Business from Home?
Municipalities have the legal right to establish rules about what types of activities can be carried out in different geographical areas. For example, the... Read story
Accounting Terms Every Businessperson Should Know
When you're new to the business world, it can seem as though everyone around you is speaking in tongues. This quick glossary of common business accounting te... Read story
Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics
Bookkeeping and accounting share two basic goals: to keep track of your income and expenses, thereby improving your chances of making a pro... Read story
Sole Proprietorship: Starting the Simple Way
The vast majority of small business people begin as sole proprietors, because it's cheap, easy and fast. With a sole proprietorship, there's no need to dr... Read story
The Vacation That Wasn't: Who Should Have to Pay?
Q: My travel agent messed up on my mother's travel visa for her Europe tour. We returned the tickets. The agent says that we will be pena... Read story
Deducting Business Entertainment Expenses
General tax rules say that if you incur entertainment expenses related to your business, you can deduct those expenses if the following are true: ... Read story
Buying a Business: Basic Rules
Instead of starting from scratch, you can usually find someone with a business who wants to sell. Buying an established enterprise may be more costly, but... Read story
Do Your Family a Favor: Get Organized
Perhaps you've decided to make your will, and maybe you're even thinking about more complex estate planning strategies, including ways to pass your proper... Read story
Making Your Own Patent Drawings
You've invented something wonderful. You've prepared rough sketches and the written part of thepatent application yourself, saving thousands of dollars by... Read story
Locating Your Business
Commercial real estate brokers are fond of saying that the three most important factors in establishing a business are location, location, and location. W... Read story
Resource: Don't Wait to Plan Your Estate
Inc.'s finance editor offers a quick overview of the book Know Your Estate by Denis Clifford and Cora Jordon. Read story
Conservatorship FAQ
A conservatorship is a legal arrangement in which an adult has the court-ordered authority and responsibility to manage another adult's financial affairs.... Read story
Loving Life
Why do some retirees cope with life so much better than others? Part of the answer is fairly obvious: things like getting lots of exercise, keeping busy a... Read story
Doing Away With a Bumbling Barrister
Q: Can I fire the lawyer who filed my patent application for me and have the patent office recognize me or some other lawyer as the perso... Read story
Software Development Agreements -- Just Hold Your Nose and Write One
The late movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, a Russian immigrant with a shaky command of English, was famous for his malapropisms. Perhaps his most famous, and... Read story
Legal Hiring Practices FAQ
A big part of your job as an employer is finding and hiring new people for your company. From composing job advertisements to making an offer of employmen... Read story
Cover All the Bases in Your Business Description
How to Describe Your Business When writing a convincing business plan, an important task is to clearly and exhaustively describe y... Read story
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