What Should I Look for When Hiring a Lawyer?

2023-11-28T19:42:53+00:00March 17th, 2023|Business Law, Articles|

Nobody wants to be in a situation where they need a lawyer, but the reality is that they are necessary for a multitude of situations. Uncovering the right person to represent you can be a confusing situation, but there are a few things you should look at before trusting someone for your legal situation. Lawyers [...]

How Do You Form a Business?

2023-11-28T19:41:49+00:00March 9th, 2023|Business Law, Articles|

Whether you’re a business of just a couple people, or have multiple employees, you might be able to benefit from forming a corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity. The process of forming a company means that you are creating an entity that is legally separate from you. A company can be sold and [...]

What Does a Business Attorney Do?

2025-03-04T01:04:35+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Business Law, Articles|

Large and small businesses must ensure that all their proceedings follow the law. A business attorney can provide the guidance, expertise, and counsel to ensure a company is keeping in line with legal standards in various business practices. Learn more about what a business attorney can do to protect and support your business. If you [...]

When Businesses Partners Divorce

2025-03-05T18:37:01+00:00February 26th, 2018|Articles, Business Divorce, Business Law|

Sometimes events and the planets don’t exactly align in favor of business decisions, requiring business partners to call an end to a merger or partnership. For instance, General Electric recently considered cutting loose of their majority stakeholdings in Denver oilfield services corporation Baker Hughes. That hasty divorce, if completed, would have damaged both GE and [...]

What Does “Piercing the Corporate Veil” Mean?

2025-03-05T18:24:19+00:00April 20th, 2016|Articles, Business Law|

If you own a business, you probably have heard about the "corporate veil" and perhaps wondered what it is. In Colorado, a corporation is formed when its organizers file articles of incorporation with the Colorado Secretary of State's office; to create a limited liability company, the organizers file articles of organization. When this happens, a [...]

Are Card and Board Games Legal in Colorado?

2025-03-05T18:13:47+00:00April 1st, 2016|Articles, Business Law|

I have noticed a proliferation in card and game stores in Colorado since 2010. A lot of this growth is on the back of very lucrative games like "Magic: The Gathering," that encourage customers to enter tournaments hosted by card and game stores that award prizes in the form of cash or products to tournament [...]

Customer Contracts and You

2025-03-05T18:17:04+00:00March 26th, 2016|Articles, Business Law|

Taken very broadly, American civil law deals with how we sort out disputes between private people (or organizations) that do not involve a crime. Where they did not have a chance to meet and discuss their obligations and rights among each other beforehand, such as in a car accident between strangers, the case tends to [...]

There Are Times When You Can’t Be Your Own Witness

2025-03-05T18:22:41+00:00February 20th, 2016|Articles, Business Law|

A sales rep from Littleton, Colorado called me recently to help him collect an override bonus he was entitled to for training a new colleague. The expected bonus was sizeable, but unpaid, and he wanted to sue. His problem was that the bonus arrangement was an oral agreement that had never been reduced to writing [...]