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Plain Explanations of the Legal Side of Running a Business
Written for the person making the decision, not for another lawyer.
Most legal writing aimed at business owners either oversimplifies to the point of being useless or is written to impress other lawyers. This section is meant to do neither.
Articles are organized by the four areas the practice works in. New material is added as it is written.
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Four Categories
Each category maps to a service, so an article that raises a question you want handled leads somewhere.
Governance
How decisions get made, recorded, and defended. Entity structure, ownership, authority, records, and the paperwork that matters when something is questioned later.
- Entity formation and structure
- Ownership and cofounder arrangements
- Decision authority and consents
- Records that hold up under scrutiny
Related service: Governance
Contracts
The agreements a business runs on, and the ones sent to it by someone else. Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and knowing which terms are worth the argument.
- Services agreements, order forms, and standard terms
- Reading a contract someone else drafted
- Which clauses carry the real risk
- Compliance attachments and procurement packages
Related services: Commercial Arrangements and Contract Assistance
Trademark Services
Brand protection, from deciding what is worth protecting through registration and maintenance. Including the decisions that come before the first application.
- What deserves protection, and when
- Clearance, classes, and filing strategy
- What happens after a refusal
- Maintaining a registration
Related service: Trademark Services
OpsLaw℠
The methodology behind the services: treating legal work as part of how a business operates rather than as a separate function called in after something breaks.
- Why legal problems are usually operational problems
- Building structure before it is needed
- What ongoing counsel actually changes
- Pricing legal work so it can be budgeted
Read the methodology: OpsLaw℠
Nothing in this section is legal advice. These articles describe how issues generally work. They are not a substitute for advice about your situation, and reading one does not create an attorney client relationship.
If an article raises a question about your own business, the service pages above say what engaging on it would involve and what it would cost.
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