May 30, 2015
My colleague Rush Nigut recently posted a piece in his blog about a little-known provision of Iowa law that could invalidate shareholder agreements after 10 years. Think about it: You’re humming merrily along with your business partner, thinking you’re covered (because of COURSE, you hired an attorney and worked out an agreement), and your partner gets hit by a bus and dies. Your partner’s spouse (whom you’ve never really gotten along well with) looks at the agreement, and sees that it’s invalid because you signed it 12 years ago. Brings a lawsuit to get hold of the “dearly departed” share of the business. All of the careful buyout formulas and procedures you’ve thought through go down the toilet. Your state might not have this law on the books . . . but maybe it does. Have you checked? Have you dusted off that agreement to make sure that it still meets your needs after time has passed? Are the same owners involved in the business? Does the valuation formula make sense in light of changes…
Continue ReadingThey’re there, even if they’re hidden and don’t smack you in the face. They’re on Amazon.com, Shopping.Yahoo.com, and even less-known names like SnuggleMe.com (pet products). “They” are website terms and conditions; your website should have…
Read MoreYou may roll your eyes and picture your grandmother waggling her finger in your face saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, young lady,” but she was right. How simple would it…
Read MoreMore naches and brag–this time on the issue of extending credit to customers. See Melanie Lindner’s piece in Forbes.com on “How Much Credit do Customers Deserve?” She and I talked about the changing economic climate…
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