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What “Reasonable Steps” Must Small Businesses Take to Verify That Someone is an “Accredited Investor”?
For decades, small businesses seeking investors could avoid onerous and costly SEC registration requirements for their offerings by making them only available to “accredited investors” ...
Tax Distinctions Between LLCs v. S-Corporations
In our previous post, we discussed the fundamental differences between limited liability companies and S-Corporations. Those distinctions include the obligations of the entities and their ...
LLC v. S-Corp: Making the Right Entity Choice for Your New Business
The choice of business entity is arguably the most significant choice a new business has to make. It will establish the legal, tax, and equity ...
Crowdfunding to Launch Your Small Business: The Basics
You need a lot of things to launch your small business, not the least of which is capital. Back in the day (before 2012), publicly ...
Three Key Things You Need to Address in a Buy/Sell Agreement
As we discuss here, it is absolutely vital that small business owners plan ahead for the time when they can look back on all they’ve ...
This Way Out: Buy/Sell Agreements and You.
When business owners and entrepreneurs launch their companies, they are typically focused on laying the right foundation and positioning themselves for growth, and understandably so. ...
Pet Trusts: Making Sure Your Four-Legged Family Members Are Provided For
When comedian Joan Rivers passed away last fall, many people noticed that she had made providing for her two beloved rescue dogs a part of ...
New Medicare Rules to Encourage Physicians to Discuss Advance-Care Planning with Patients. That’s a Good Thing.
The Obama administration recently released new proposed Medicare rules which would allow physicians to be reimbursed for discussing advance-care and end-of-life planning with their Medicare ...
Litigation May Not Be the Most Constructive Way to Resolve a Construction Dispute
Whether you are a contractor, subcontractor, property owner, design professional, or another party involved in a significant construction project, the prospect of costly and lengthy ...
