Apr 19, 2017 | Contract, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
How your vendor contracts may be putting you at risk for cyberattacks In 2013 the retailer Target suffered a massive data breach, with hackers stealing the credit card information of more than 40 million customers, and the addresses and phone numbers of more than 70...
Mar 16, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Cybersecurity: Your Business Is At Risk We’ve all read about recent cyber-attacks, in which hackers have broken into computer systems of large companies like Target, Yahoo, and JPMorgan Chase, stealing banking, personal, and credit card information. Even U.S....
Dec 15, 2016 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Small business
Limitation of Liability In previous posts in this series, we talked about the “boilerplate” provisions that you see in many contracts. As we discussed, while these provisions may seem to be run-of-the-mill, they do have meaning and can affect the parties’...
Nov 2, 2016 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Small business, Transactions
“Miscellaneous”, or “General” Provisions You’ve read and signed lots of contracts in your business, either your own company’s or ones sent by the other side to a transaction. Maybe you’ve been puzzled by those provisions that seem to be at the end of every contract,...
Oct 25, 2016 | business attorney, Corporation, Limiting liability, LLC, Small business, Startups
Your LLC needs a written operating agreement You have a great idea for a new business and have formed a limited liability company, an LLC. While corporations are required by state law to have bylaws, LLCs are not required to have written operating agreement. ...
Jul 18, 2016 | Acquisitions, Asset Purchase, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Medium-sized business, Small business, Stock Acquisitions
Buyers versus Sellers In a recent post I outlined the features of the two main types of business acquisitions, stock and asset deals. To recap briefly, in a stock acquisition, the buyer purchases the stock of the company being acquired. In doing so the buyer takes...
