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There often comes a time during the lifespan of a business where the owner has decided to pass it off to another. Maybe the stress of running a business is too great, maybe they’ve accomplished everything they hoped to accomplish and are ready to move on to another phase in their career, maybe things just… Read More »
It’s a Friday afternoon and you’ve finished your workday. As you begin to close your laptop, you see one last email pop up with the headline: ‘Cease-and-Desist Letter.’ You open the attachment to the email and it’s a demand from a lawyer requesting that you stop selling your product immediately. Naturally this type of communication… Read More »
The decision to start a business is exciting. You have a great new strategy, a new idea, or a new product and you’re dreaming of ways to make it a reality. It’s at this stage that many entrepreneurs make the mistake of only focusing on their dreams of success and envisioning the good times in… Read More »
Many industries have cause to hire people to handle ‘on call’ work on an occasional or semi-regular basis. Whether the company is part of a seasonal industry or a particular person’s special talents are only needed now and then, a business may decide that such workers are not needed on a routine basis and elect… Read More »
Over the last two years, there have been a significant increase in the use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). SPACs, also sometimes known as ‘blank check’ companies, are a way for private investors to take a company public without the wild price swings that may occur during an initial public offering. Even though SPACs… Read More »
Representation and Warranty insurance, often colloquially shortened to Rep & Warranty insurance, is a type of insurance policy purchased in connection with corporate transactions, which covers the indemnification for certain breaches of the representations and warranties in the transaction agreements. This is designed to provide additional flexibility in addressing these obligations, for example, by reducing… Read More »
The daringly dramatic and fiercely funny series from writer and creator Jesse Armstrong, Succession, was the small-talk topic of the fall. The series follows the Roy family and their associates – a committee of quick-witted vultures – who own and operate a massive media conglomerate, Waystar Royco. The company, which always seems to be under… Read More »
It’s no secret, prices on commodities like meats, lumber, and gas are higher than ever. In 2020, the Federal Government anticipated inflation to increase by 1.8%, on track with inflation rates over the past decade. But they were way off. At a 13-year peak of 5.3%, inflation has monstrously exceeded market projections – to the… Read More »
