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When starting a business, choosing your business structure is one of the most critical decisions you'll face. While many entrepreneurs automatically gravitate toward forming an LLC (Limited Liability Company), this one-size-fits-all approach might not be optimal for your situation. Your choice of entity will affect everything from your tax obligations...

Choosing the correct entity for your new company will be one of the most critical business decisions you will make. Should your business be run as a corporation, an LLC, a partnership or something else? What are the differences, and which one will work best for you? While owners and...

Getting Started: So you want to start a business, or maybe you're already self-employed and your solo project is gaining some traction. Either way, it's important to start thinking about which legal structure, or business entity, would make the most sense for you to establish. Whichever business entity you choose will...

Did you know that colors can be registered as trademarks? Color marks can be useful for businesses that use a specific color in association with their goods or services, similarly to using words and logos as trademarks. However, securing a color mark is not an easy task. An applicant must...

For the last few weeks, we've discussed celebrities and how they planned for their deaths. We started with the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, so ending our 4-part series with the King of Rock, Elvis Presley, seems fitting.  Why discuss a man who's been deceased since 1977? A recent case...

For the last two weeks, we've discussed celebrities and how they planned (or didn't!) for their deaths. In this third installment of our four-part celebrity series, we discuss a topic that no one wants to consider as it may seem to be a fate worse than death: incapacity. Unlike death,...

This week, we're continuing to look at the lives of 4 celebrities and how they're preparing for the inevitable (or didn't!). Last week, we examined Michael Jackson's planning and the holes in his plan that resulted in his family being embroiled in court and conflict for 15 years and counting...

What is it about celebrities that always draws us in? For whatever reason, we just can't resist a good, juicy celebrity story. So, for the next few weeks, we will look at the lives of 4 celebrities and see what we can learn from their stories.  This week, we're turning...

If you own Intellectual Property and find out that someone is using it without your permission, your first instinct would be to send them a cease and desist letter to end the infringing use, right?. But, what happens when that infringing user brings a lawsuit against you in a court...

May is Senior Citizen's Month, a time to reflect and appreciate all the things the seniors in our lives have done for us. Whether they are our parents, grandparents, or elderly friends, our seniors have given us so much over the years. But sometimes seeing your loved ones aging or...