August 13, 2013
My grandmother often said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And while that sounds like something out of the Farmer’s Almanac, it really bears out when it comes to legal issues in your business. It’s similar to why I go in for my annual physical every year. If there’s a problem to be uncovered, I want to nip it in the bud and minimize my medical bills. I don’t want to find out years down the road that I’m at a huge risk for heart disease when a simple (and relatively inexpensive) cholesterol test could have alerted me to the potential problem. Likewise, reviewing your major decisions and agreements with your business attorney (the juris doctor) at least annually will help ensure that legal “leaks” don’t morph into a broken dam. Here are just a few examples of where not consulting a “legal doctor” caused huge problems down the road: “Henry” ran a small import/export company. One of his employees filed a (baseless) sex discrimination claim. But because he didn’t have…
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