Regardless of the type of product or service a Florida business is selling, the primary objective is to maximize their profit. In their attempts to achieve success, it is not uncommon for some to blur the lines of legal and illegal and try to corner a market. This can...
Small businesses in Florida rely on contracts when dealing with customers and suppliers. Business leaders may also rely on contracts with their employees. And, in some situations, business leaders rely on contracts when dealing with the other owners of the business....
If this is the first time you have heard the term “receiver,” you must be doing something right with your business. A receiver is a person appointed by a judge to take over your Tampa, Florida, business. Of course, this means something has gone very, very wrong....
You have a lot of decisions to make when you start a new business. Do you want to have business partners? Do you want to go public? And, how much personal liability do you want to expose yourself to? Minimal liability protection Sole proprietorships offer the least...
The corporate infrastructure of a Florida business allots certain rights and obligations to shareholders that do not address significant restrictions limiting their ability to voice dissention. Because a minority shareholder holds a small percentage of the company’s...
Most business owners consider competition to be a normal part of business operations. However, unfair competition refers to deceptive business practices that can harm other businesses or consumers. Usually, unfair competition involves bad faith, fraud or oppression...
There are many different companies in Florida. These companies provide many different services and produce many different products. Some of these products and services are completely unrelated, some rely on each other to produce their product or provide their service...
When disagreements arise in the world of commerce and trade, settling them in court is no longer the only avenue to find resolution. The increasing use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods has opened up ways of resolving conflicts that are time-efficient,...
Business owners in the Tampa area have worked hard to plan and grow their business. Whether their business is a small family-owned establishment or a multi-national corporation, regardless of size a business needs to have a business plan. There are many reasons why a...
In business, self-dealing occurs when a person who has a fiduciary duty acts in his or her own best interest instead of the best interest of the business. A fiduciary has ethical and legal responsibilities to the business. Self-dealing is a breach of fiduciary duty,...
