Business Law Lawyers in the USA

There are four main areas of intellectual property that any company or individual must protect because it is so easy to do so and can save you a great deal of money and time on litigation.

Building a business is both an exciting and extremely stressful time and selecting the appropriate legal form for your business can be a difficult choice. In California you have five different types of business entities to choose from and forming the correct business entity at the beginning will save you both time and money.

In this article I quickly explain the difference between franchises and seller assisted marketing plans, business opportunities, multilevel marketing plans, salespersons, licenses and distributorships.

Accountants come and go from larger accounting groups. When an accountant enters a practice as a shareholder or partner, the practice should prepare for the accountant's exit. The exit is inevitable. In this article, I give one simple rule for structuring the accountant’s buy-in to a practice and the later buy-out of the accountant's shares from the practice.

Veterinarians come and go from larger veterinary groups. When a veterinarian enters a practice as a shareholder or partner, the practice should prepare for the veterinarian's exit. The exit is inevitable. In this article, I give one simple rule for structuring the veterinarian’s buy-in to a practice and the later buy-out of the veterinarian's shares from the practice.

Congratulations on your decision to start a new business. The question you may be asking, though, is what kind of business you should form? What is the difference between a corporation, an LLC, and a partnership? Why form one and not another?

In this article, the author briefly outlines the legal requirements for paying compensation to a physician-employee and to a physician-independent contractor. This article explains how you pay compensation to a physician employee or contractor in compliance with the referral laws for California and the fed (Stark and Anti-Kickback).

Dentists come and go from dental groups. When a dentist enters a practice as a shareholder or partner, the practice should prepare for the dentist's exit. The exit is inevitable. In this article, I give one simple rule for structuring the dentist’s buy-in to a practice and the later buy-out of the dentist's shares from the practice.

Physicians come and go from medical groups. When a physician enters a practice as a shareholder or partner, the practice should prepare for the physician's exit. The exit is inevitable. In this article, I give one simple rule for structuring the doctor’s buy-in to a practice and the later buy-out of the doctor's shares from the practice.

Starting a new company or planning on becoming a partner in a new company? Your personal assets are not as protect as you may think. Before starting that new company or joining a partnership, read on to learn how to protect yourself from personal asset exposure now and when you exit the company.