The Conversation We Have More Than Any Other A business owner walks into our office after spending twenty or thirty years building something meaningful. They have employees who depend on the company, customers who trust it, and a reputation that took years to earn. Eventually, they say some version of the same thing: “I think […]
If someone told you in 2024 that your business needed to file a federal report identifying its owners or face significant penalties, they were right. If someone told you in early 2025 that the filing requirement had effectively been suspended for most U.S. businesses, they were right too. Over the span of about 15 months, […]
The First Big Decision Most Founders Make You’ve got the idea. You’ve got the drive. You may even have a name picked out and a logo in the works. Then someone asks a question that stops many new business owners in their tracks: “Are you forming an LLC or a corporation?” Maybe you nod like […]
The pitch went great. Your investor is in. Maybe it’s a friend of a friend, someone you met at a networking event, or your brother-in-law who has been asking to get involved for the past two years. They believe in what you’re building, and the investment would solve several problems at once. You can finally […]
Most business disputes do not begin with fraud. They rarely start with someone intentionally trying to deceive another person. More often, disputes arise when two people believe they agreed on the same thing, only to discover later that they interpreted the conversation very differently. A relationship that once worked smoothly can change. Circumstances evolve. People […]
We wanted to provide you with recent updates on the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Under the CTA, FinCEN (the “Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury”) is required to develop a nationwide database of private company “beneficial owners.” The CTA requires most small companies in the U.S. to file beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reports […]