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Simple approach may help with business’s electronic information

Simple approach may help with business’s electronic information
There may be no area where businesses are more behind the curve than in managing their electronic information to keep them out of trouble. That is not a criticism of businesses. The area has changed, and continues to change, so incredibly fast (at least if you grew up before the 1990s), it is almost...
September 20th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Making A Records Plan: 6 Questions To Start The Process

Making A Records Plan: 6 Questions To Start The Process
Few things are as important and as challenging for a growing business as having a handle on the lawful and strategic creation, maintenance, and destruction of records. For starters, it goes without saying that having full command of your business’s information has great competitive value. Information...
August 23rd, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

What’s the Right Kind of Aggressive When It Comes to Legal Matters?

What’s the Right Kind of Aggressive When It Comes to Legal Matters?
One of the most important aspects of the attorney/client relationship is being on the same page about when to be “aggressive” and about what “aggressive” even means. Sometimes when we are approached by a prospective new client, we hear that the lawyer we are about to replace is...
July 19th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Your Lawyer Should Be Your Business’s Storyteller

Your Lawyer Should Be Your Business’s Storyteller
I’m sure you have your “elevator speech” about your business. An elevator speech is your short summary of what your business is about, designed to tell –and sell– your story to people who do not have the time to learn that story in all the detail it deserves. In a matter of seconds,...
June 21st, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Finding and Using the Right Team for Insuring Your Business

Finding and Using the Right Team for Insuring Your Business
There may be no legal topic more important, but less understood, than insurance. Most businesspeople understand the critical need for insurance and acquire coverage intended to address their particular risks and exposures. However, few businesses take the steps they should to maximize the benefits of...
May 17th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Litigation 101: Surviving the First Time Your Business Gets Sued

Litigation 101: Surviving the First Time Your Business Gets Sued
Sooner or later, it will happen.  For some businesses, through a combination of skill and luck, it may be years before it does. But even if you work hard to comply with all of your legal obligations –and most businesses do– you will get sued.  It may be an employee you fired, a vendor you quit...
April 19th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Six Questions To Ask About Any Contract Before You Sign It

Six Questions To Ask About Any Contract Before You Sign It
Small businesses are presented with contracts on a regular basis. Even if a document does not say “contract” or “agreement” across the top, if it is an agreement for an exchange of value, then for all practical purposes it probably is a contract. I have often heard people say,...
March 15th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More

Common Mistakes Businesses Make When Using Lawyers

Common Mistakes Businesses Make When Using Lawyers
I am going to tell you something that goes against my professional self-interest: the secret to lowering your demand for legal services. It goes without saying that it is in a business’s best interest not to spend more on lawyers than is necessary. Money spent on lawyers is money that cannot be...
February 16th, 2012 | Metropreneurial Legal Insights | Read More
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