Sep 11, 2018
What is a Certificate of Good Standing?
No matter how old we get or how many businesses we own, we are never free of the dreaded “Report Cards” of life. As adult individuals we must concern ourselves...
Author: Larry Donahue
Aug 30, 2018
Moving a Pre-Existing Business Into a New Company
You listened to your business lawyer, and formed a limited liability company (called LLC) or corporation (such as a C-Corp or S-Corp), and you want to move your pre-existing business...
Aug 19, 2018
Contract Tip: Top 6 Problems in Contracts
No one likes to pay a lawyer, but it’s always good practice for a small business owner or leader to hire an attorney to review contracts before signing them. Even...
Aug 7, 2018
Fiduciary Liabilities and your Company
Introduction: At L4SB, we’re blessed to have many great clients in many industries. Some of our clients serve the business-to-business market, just as L4SB does. When appropriate, we may permit...
Jul 31, 2018
Contract Tip: Attorneys Fees
The notion of the concept of “attorneys fees” sounds so self-serving coming from the fingertips of this small business lawyer. The thing is, if a contract has a fair-and-balanced “attorneys...
Jul 21, 2018
The “Simple Contract”
If I earned a nickel every time someone asked me to provide a “simple contract,” I would be a rich man indeed. The problem is, when most people think of...
Jul 1, 2018
Registering a Trademark: Word mark, logo or slogan?
Special Thanks: I want to thank Jackie Wheeler of HomeSchool ThinkTank, a client of L4SB, for letting me use her trademark as the example for registering a trademark in this...
Jun 25, 2018
IHOP is Now IHOB: Can it Work for Me?
IHOP versus IHOb IHOP recently pulled off a major marketing gimmick with their name change to “IHOb.” The change has drawn criticism from many, but it certainly got people talking....
Jun 15, 2018
How to Publish Anonymously Under a Pen Name
Not every budding author has the clout or penmanship of a Dr. Seuss, George Orwell or even Robert Galbraith, but many authors like the three mentioned, do want to write...
Jun 7, 2018
Fiduciary Responsibility & Company Sponsored Retirement Plans
Introduction: At L4SB, we’re blessed to have many great clients in many industries. Some of our clients serve the business-to-business market, just as L4SB does. When appropriate, we may permit...
Jun 2, 2018
Business Entertainment and the TCJA
Congress recently passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Most people know that the TCJA was the biggest tax overhaul in about 40 years. Some provisions of the TCJA...
May 28, 2018
The Contract: Details are Important
Let’s say your business is expanding quickly and you are looking to hire a new employee. You are busy managing the day-to-day, so you don’t really have time to interview....