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— By Brian RogersAugust 10, 20120 Comments

Friday Web Bits: Tax Break Blues, Business Books, and Business Selling Tips

Keep your tax break. I took a lot of tax classes in law school. Taxes are complicated. Some businesses are coming to the same conclusion and opting out of taking tax deductions because the compliance costs are just too high, as reported in the Wall…

— By Brian RogersAugust 8, 20123 Comments

Resource of the Week: TOSSOS

Do you read the terms of service for all the websites you use, or do you simply click “I agree” and go on with your business? As I discuss in this post about online terms of service, although you probably don’t read online terms, they’re…

— By Brian RogersJuly 9, 20122 Comments

Avoid Unwanted Liabilities When You Buy a Business

“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” Fictional mobster Peter Clemenza delivers this famous line in The Godfather after a drive into the country with the godfather’s driver Pauli. The driver betrayed his boss and Clemenza has just meted out justice. Take the good stuff. Leave…

— By Brian RogersJune 8, 20120 Comments

Friday Web Bits: Getting Out of Contracts, Second Class Investors, and Avoiding Law Firm Sticker Shock

Who would steal a Dodge Caravan? No disrespect to the Dodge Caravan, but if I were to put my freedom on the line by lifting a car, the Caravan wouldn’t be at the top of my to-do list. But apparently there are a lot of…

— By Brian RogersJune 7, 20122 Comments

Buying a Business: How to Pay for It

So you want to buy a business and you’re not sure how to pay for it. There are a lot of ways to pay for a new business, but the most common are cash at closing, seller financing in the form of deferred cash payments…

— By Brian RogersJune 6, 20120 Comments

Business Law Resource of the Week: Websites to Help You Hire Your Next Employee

Intuit — the makers of Quicken, Quick Books, and Turbo Tax — have an excellent business blog, the Intuit Small Business Blog. I subscribed to the blog’s email list for a while and found myself clicking on posts often. I recently threw out a lot…

— By Brian RogersMay 30, 20120 Comments

Business Law Resource of the Week: Nolo.com

An awful lot of legal work is done by do-it-yourselfers. From entrepreneurs and hobby business persons who don’t employ attorneys at all to large corporations that decide to forgo lawyer input on routine matters, transactions and other matters are handled by the business person alone…

— By Brian RogersMay 24, 20120 Comments

Business Law Resource of the Week: Irfanview

Nearly all businesses these days have a website, and many companies also have a blog. Blogs are a good way to drive traffic to a company website both because they’re a great source of information for the public — including a business’s prospects — and…

— By Brian RogersMay 18, 20120 Comments

Friday Web Bits: DIY Lawyering, Facebook IPO, St. Louis Rams

Here are a few pieces from the interwebs I’ve enjoyed reading recently. I hope you like them also. Careful DIY lawyering. I’m a devoted do-it-yourselfer, so I’m naturally sympathetic to the urge for small business owners to handle their own legal work instead of engaging…

— By Brian RogersMay 17, 20120 Comments

Business Law Resource of the Week: Missouri Business Entity Search

Ever need to know something about a Missouri business entity, such as the company’s legal name, its registered agent, or who is on its board of directors? The business entity search page on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website provides that information and more for…