By Amber Condron and Richard Weintraub Clients that are starting or growing their business often come to their attorneys with a conundrum: they need money and have no idea how to go about raising...
By Michael Dallo For certified tax law specialists in California such as myself, it is imperative to stay up to date and at the forefront of emerging tax issues. One major emerging sector is...
By Bob Copeland RULLCA and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and case law make it clear that LLCs are contractual relationships and the LLC acts provide great flexibility for parties in tailoring their...
By Carl Ingwalson Jr. “A cautionary note – we spend too much time trying to make sense out of arbitration agreements precisely because litigants spend too little time drafting them. Increasingly, we have been presented...
By Robert Conca One important decision in the lifecycle of a growing company is when to hire its first in-house counsel. Frequently, this issue arises at a time in the evolution of an organization...
By Danielle Fontanesi As a business lawyer, it’s not uncommon to find yourself in the position where a client asks you for – or where you want to give – business advice. As a...
By Will Marshall Skilled word processing staff, particularly for smaller practices and transactional attorneys, are all but gone. Attorneys must increasingly handle their own documents, generally using the not-always-friendly Microsoft WordTM. Battling with automatic...
By William Marshall Transactional attorneys refer simply to “reviewing” a contract. However, I have identified different modes of review and found that thinking about them can be helpful in improving my review practices. The...