For many business owners in Daytona Beach, their goal is to grow their businesses to the point of making them attractive to potential buyers (putting them in a position to make a significant profit from the sale). Yet you may have contrary aims to keep your company...
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Understanding non-compete agreement enforcement
Businesses in Daytona Beach understand the importance of their proprietary information. It is for this reason that concerns are often raised when an employee leaves a company. Many may view these fears to be justified, and thus warrant requiring staff members to sign...
What if a client doesn’t pay me?
Small business owners need payment to continue providing quality service to customers. Ignoring an invoice is all too common in the business world, and if the invoice remains unpaid a business owner can choose to pursue legal action to recoup his or her losses....
Trademark basis for filing options
Finding ways to achieve competitive advantages or differences in the marketplace is a common goal for businesses in Florida and across the country. At the same time, companies often seek ways to prevent others from leveraging their strengths or assets. Intellectual...
Client sues marketing agency over failed website project
Business owners and executives in Florida know that entering into contracts is an important and delicate part of operating a company. The manner in which a contract is developed and the specific verbiage it uses can help or hurt one or both parties if a dispute ever...
Should you arbitrate a business dispute?
Disputes between business partners can tear a Florida company apart, which is why many businesses build ways to resolve conflicts into their contracts. Some companies employ mediation or civil litigation, but arbitration is commonly used to handle many disputes....
Buyout agreements: What are they and why do you need one?
If you plan to start a business in Florida, or if you already own and operate one, you may benefit from a sound buyout agreement. A buyout agreement, also known as a buy-sell agreement, is an agreement between the owners of a business that details what will become of...
What is a trademark infringement
If you are like many business owners or executives in Florida, you know that your intellectual property should be carefully protected. Similarly, you know that avoiding an issue with another company's intellectual property can be important. In monitoring these things,...
US companies face threat to intellectual property from China
In Florida, new businesses are started every day. While business owners are often focused on the basics of running the business, there are much more complicated matters that will eventually come up. One of these is the reality of protecting intellectual property....
Understanding contract consideration
Your business partnerships in Daytona Beach are much more clearly defined when you have a contract in place. Yet as many of the companies that we here at have worked with in the past can attest to, simply having a written contract does not...