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 [...]
Pending Lawsuits against Artificial Intelligence Computer software can be used to mimic human creativity in fields like art, coding, writing, and music. Because there is not yet an established legal framework on how to treat these technologies and because creators are concerned, justifiably so, that these developments are about to disrupt their industries, lawsuits are [...]
Even if the core part of your business is something other than art, music, or writing, you are still impacted by the changes in computer generated creative works . Does your business have a website? Does it advertise? Do you need to write proportional materials, job descriptions, memos, or other documents? If so, you should [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I get a lot of calls from people who are owed money, but the person who owes won't pay up. Most of the time they need to collect a payment from a customer, but sometimes they want to collect a promised bonus or get a loan repaid. They call a lawyer after they asked for [...]
