When starting a new business, many people want to jump into the marketing phase and get the word out before their business is actually ready for that. Ensuring that your insurance, accounting, banking and legal set-up is in order is important before spreading the word, in case your business doesn’t progress as intended.
Legal-Ease: Recording conversations without permission
Personal security is a hot button issue in today’s always-online, constantly-monitored society. One area people should be aware of is the recording of conversations.
In general, the federal and Ohio law says that any person who is part of a conversation can record it. Public conversations can also be recorded by those not in the conversation.
Legal-Ease: Money when government takes property
According to the United States Constitution, the government can’t take private property for public use without paying for it. This is called the “Takings Clause,” and is a very confusing part of the law.
Legal-Ease: Structuring a small-business purchase
Typically, there are two ways small businesses are bought and sold. A “sale of entity” is when the whole business is sold together, while a “sale of the assets” is when the owner sells all the components of the business without including the overall entity or its liabilities.
Legal-Ease: Components of a successful business succession plan
Transitioning ownership in a business is never easy, but small businesses face more difficulties than others. Farmers especially can face problems when passing along their farms and equipment. A few steps can be taken to streamline the process and make it as painless as possible.
Legal-Ease: How people acquire real estate without money
You may have seen late-night infomercials that mention tricks to obtain property with little or no money. Ohio law provides for an upfront method of acquiring real estate without money or any “secret deals” or other tools mentioned in these late-night television offerings.
Legal-Ease: How to prepare for a legal career
School is about to start again in just a few short weeks, and many students will be deciding what they’d like their future to look like soon. Some students may consider joining the legal field, but that doesn’t necessarily mean becoming a lawyer. Some positions outside of being an attorney are legal assistants, clerks and paralegals.
Legal-Ease: How closely are we related?
If you die without a will in the state of Ohio, consanguinity can help determine who has the rights to your property. Consanguinity is the practice of identifying how closely two people are related. It’s also known as finding next of kin.
Legal-Ease: Looking at land contracts
The financial crisis of the last several years has left many people with less than stellar credit. While we have quite a few flexible, community-based lenders in our area, the newest rules and regulations regarding lending may tie their hands and may prevent potential loans from being workable. Therefore sometimes potential buyers of homes cannot secure the proper financing in order to purchase a home. This is when a land contract may be a good solution for the home buyers and sellers.
Legal-Ease: Can I just prepare legal documents online?
In almost every situation, the “non-legal, legal” services that are offered online are generic and vague. Also, these online forms can hurt your business and financial objectives because they don’t take your specific needs into consideration.