Legal Issues

How to Legally Protect Your Home If Your Business Is Sued (Video)

Before starting up, it's important to set up protections for your personal assets, including your home. Here, attorney Mark Kohler explains.

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Snooki, 'Housewives' and the Reality of Celebrity Businesses

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For Net Neutrality Advocates, the Fight Continues

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Why Some Small Businesses Are Occupying Wall Street

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Why Tech 'Treps are Up in Arms over the PROTECT IP Act

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Five Overlooked Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

BY Lisa Girard

When starting a business, details can get lost in the excitement of a new venture. Here are the top legal mistakes unwittingly made by new business owners -- and how to avoid them.

August 31, 2011 in Legal Issues

How to Divorce-Proof Your Company

BY Carol Tice

If your marriage is headed toward a breakup, these seven strategies can help protect your business if you end up in divorce court.

August 9, 2011 in Legal Issues

Paving the Way for More Immigrant Entrepreneurs

BY Carol Tice

The U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services has a new plan to speed the arrival of entrepreneurial immigrants.

August 8, 2011 in Legal Issues

Starting Lean: Selling a Vision (Video)

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FTC Takes Aim at 'Fake News' Websites

BY Mikal E. Belicove

Advertisements framed as newsy websites are starting to draw the ire of the Federal Trade Commission, and with good reason.

July 5, 2011 in Legal Issues

Buddy System

BY Nichole L. Torres

Can a great college friend prove to be an equally good business partner?

October 1, 2005 in Partnership

Pairing Up

BY Nichole L. Torres

Are two heads always better than one? Know the good and the bad sides of business partnerships.

September 1, 2005 in Partnership

What a Match!

BY Mark Henricks

Feel like your business is missing a key element? Finding a good partner could be just the thing to complete the picture. Here's what you should keep in mind if you want to make a partnership click.

September 1, 2004 in Partnership

Friendly Franchising

BY Talicia A. Flint

You know 'em. You trust 'em. Why not start a business with 'em?

June 1, 2001 in Partnership

To LLC Or Not To LLC?

BY Joan E. Lisante

If this is the question you're trying to answer, our Legal Expert can help you decide if this business form is right for you.

February 1, 2001 in LLC

BY Jacquelyn Lynn

Protect yourself and your business with a partnership agreement.

August 1, 2000 in Partnership

BY Kim T. Gordon

Homebased expert Kim T. Gordon answers our readers' questions: Why should you find a business partner?

May 1, 2000 in Partnership

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