RSS Feed for “Attorney Articles”Horse Sense in the Time of Unicorns
The language of business cliches has evolved quickly since the advent of high-tech, high-growth startups. The days of betting on the right horse...
14 March, 2016
Attorney Articles
Basics & Beyond: An Annotated List for Startups #4-6
This post continues the list we started a while back, and contains three more tips for entrepreneurs looking to create, expand and ultimately...
28 January, 2016
Basics & Beyond: An Annotated List for Startups #1-3
The simple act of making a to-do list can be immensely satisfying. Actually doing those tasks and checking them off/crossing them out/tearing them to shreds...
16 December, 2015
Better SAFE than…?
Are you a startup trying to raise money, but have a real aversion to debt instruments? Or maybe an investor who doesn’t want...
27 October, 2015
The Myth of the Independent Contractor
The issue of misclassifying employees as independent contractors has been simmering for a while now. Startups and established companies alike have had to...
28 August, 2015
King v. Burwell – The Supreme Court Ruled to Uphold the Affordable Care Act’s Subsidies
On June 25, 2015, the United States Supreme Court published its decision in King v. Burwell. In a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice...
06 July, 2015
King vs. Burwell “ A Plain Language Argument that may cause a Death-Spiral for the Affordable Care Act
On March 4, 2015, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell. The case challenges whether it is permissible...
12 May, 2015
Avoiding the LLC Trap
In the last twenty years, business owners and the attorneys who love them have both touted the limited liability company (LLC) entity as...
05 May, 2015
What does the adoption of Uniform Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act mean for Wisconsin and Secured Creditors?
In December 2013, the Wisconsin legislature repealed portions of the mortgage satisfaction law and enacted an update to its existing statutory scheme. While...
03 May, 2015
Outsiders [Sometimes] Make the Best Insiders, Part 2
Co authored by Attorney Joe Boucher In the first part of this post, we suggested that entrepreneurs look outside their own tightly-knit circles of founders...
21 April, 2015
Outsiders [Sometimes] Make the Best Insiders, Part 1
Lacking any hard data, it seems safe to assume based on anecdotal evidence that the number of CEOs, Presidents, Directors, Imaginarium Attendants, etc....
21 April, 2015
Give Your Mom a Note: A Few Words on Friends & Family Financing
Small businesses are cash-powered locomotives; without enough working capital, startups are doomed before they even begin. Although venture capitalists, angel investors and institutional...
13 March, 2015
Startups & Intellectual Property
The question of how to protect intellectual property (œIP if you’re hip) can make even the most confident business owners break out in...
03 March, 2015
Recent Developments in Successor Liability
Buyer Beware: Recent Developments in Successor Liability For clients of the practicing mergers and acquisitions attorney, one of the central concerns in any deal,...
19 September, 2013
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Update
To Pay or Play Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “ That is the Question The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), better...
19 September, 2013
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