Best Lawyers® Recognizes Neider & Boucher Attorneys

(Madison, WI) Best Lawyers® recognized Neider & Boucher attorneys in its 22nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Attorneys named and their area of practice, as listed in The Best Lawyers in America©, include: Ronald C. Berman – Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Joseph W....

In the last twenty years, business owners and the attorneys who love them have both touted the limited liability company (LLC) entity as a flexible, tax-advantageous alternative to the traditional corporate model, and criticized it as an anemic younger sibling of the once and future...

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 and co-strugglers to include outside advisors in the startup process.  To recap, Part 1 contained the œWhy: outsiders bring experience, fresh perspective...

Lacking any hard data, it seems safe to assume based on anecdotal evidence that the number of CEOs, Presidents, Directors, Imaginarium Attendants, etc. under the age of 30 has increased significantly since the 20th century.  Entrepreneurs’ inclination to create “ and, in turn, own and control...

Small businesses are cash-powered locomotives; without enough working capital, startups are doomed before they even begin.  Although venture capitalists, angel investors and institutional lenders make it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to find and get money, nearly every business faces a steep ramp-up period between...

In a recent article (œGive Your Mom a Note: A Few Words on Friends & Family Financing), we suggested that startups in their very early stages would do well to issue simple promissory notes to friends and family, rather than more complicated convertible notes or...

The question of how to protect intellectual property (œIP if you’re hip) can make even the most confident business owners break out in a cold sweat.  But IP is the lifeblood of startups and established businesses alike, and understanding and managing the rights associated with...