Business law - Topics

An SBA 7(a) loan can take 60 days and a stack of paperwork before the money arrives What licenses and permits does a small business need before it opens its doors? Piercing the corporate veil when records and funds were never kept separate Proxy advisers now decide more votes than most shareholders attend to European business regulation arrives as one rulebook across 27 markets When should an unresolved dispute go to arbitration instead of court? Formal grievance procedures slow everything down and still end in a transfer The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to cut tariffs across 54 markets Meeting minutes that hold up if a dispute starts Parking minimums shape business district layouts more than any design guideline Splitting equity with a co-founder: what happens when one quits in month three Renewal terms in a franchise agreement matter more than the opening terms Converting an LLC to a corporation before raising venture capital Personal guarantees: signing one turns a corporate debt into your own Buying out a business partner who never signed a buy-sell agreement What happens to a franchisee when the franchisor goes bankrupt? What a shareholder agreement must settle before the second investor joins Which contract clauses let a supplier raise prices without renegotiating? Contract clauses that allocate risk when freight rates spike A settlement both parties can live with is often just a payment schedule Liability is unlimited for a sole trader so one bad contract can reach personal savings. Apologizing without admitting liability is the whole skill of settling a dispute Letter of intent versus a binding purchase agreement What a registered agent does and why every entity needs one Nonprofit incorporation adds board duties and public disclosure requirements Refund and withdrawal policies at business training providers LLC versus corporation: how limited liability and taxes differ in practice Resale royalties for visual artists exist in some countries and not in others Licensing an image for advertising costs many times what editorial use costs Reading an indemnity clause before signing a vendor contract Non compete clauses in consulting contracts are easy to fear and hard to enforce China requires a local entity for most services and a licensed partner for many