Business & Compliance
Entity upkeep, contracts, and the regulatory duties that come with running a company.
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Business & Compliance
Registered Agents and Annual Reports: Keeping an Entity in Good Standing
Two small state filings decide whether a company can sue, borrow, or close a deal. Here is what a registered agent does and what a periodic report actually keeps alive.
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Business & Compliance
UCC Security Interests: Attachment, Perfection, Priority, and Financing Statements
Article 9 turns a promise of collateral into a right that beats other creditors — but only if attachment, perfection and priority are handled in the right order.
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Business & Compliance
Joint Venture Agreements: Contributions, Control, Profit Sharing, and Exit
Most joint ventures fail on questions the parties never wrote down: who decides, who owns the work product, and how anyone gets out without a lawsuit.
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Business & Compliance
Antitrust Basics for Competitors Planning a Collaboration
Competitors can lawfully build things together. What they cannot do is agree on price, split up customers, or rig a bid — and the line between those worlds is sharp.
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Business & Compliance
Export Controls and Sanctions: Screening a Transaction Before It Proceeds
Export control and sanctions screening comes down to four questions about an item, its destination, its recipient and its end use — asked before the shipment, not after.
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Business & Compliance
Franchise Disclosure Documents: What Item 19 Does and Does Not Promise
Item 19 is the only place a franchisor may make financial performance claims — and it is voluntary, which makes a blank Item 19 one of the most informative pages in the document.
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Business & Compliance
Independent Sales Representatives and Commission Statutes
A commission agreement is not the whole deal. In many states a sales representative statute overrides the contract on when commissions are paid and what unpaid ones cost.
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Business & Compliance
Business Licenses and Permits: Finding Every Layer That Applies
Almost no business needs a single license. Most need several from different governments, and the one that closes you down is usually the local permit nobody checked.
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Business & Compliance
Foreign Qualification: When a Company Must Register in Another State
"Foreign" here means out of state, not out of country. Crossing a state line with employees, an office or a job site usually starts a registration duty most owners never hear about.
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Business & Compliance
Fictitious Business Names: DBA Registration, Publication, and Contracts
A DBA is a disclosure filing, not a business. It tells the public who stands behind a trading name — and in some states an unfiled one can stop you enforcing your own contract.
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Business & Compliance
Government Contracting for Small Businesses: Registration and Set-Asides
Federal buying runs on one rulebook and one registration system. Getting into both correctly is what separates firms that win work from firms that watch it.
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Business & Compliance
Product Recalls: Reporting Duties, Corrective Action Plans, and Records
The reporting clock does not wait for certainty. It starts when a firm has information that reasonably supports the conclusion that a product creates a substantial hazard.
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