A contract is the best way to solidify your business dealings. A well thought out agreement can contain provisions that speak to the most prevalent issues, such as sale price and quantity of goods or services exchanged, but they can also identify contingencies and...
Business Law And Litigation
How LLCs and corporations differ
Business owners in California may be advised to start a corporation instead of a company. LLC stands for limited liability company, not cooperation as is often implied. It helps to understand the differences between LLCs and corporations. What LLCs and corporations...
The importance of written agreements for business partnerships
A partnership in business is similar to a personal relationship in that all parties involved should possess a clear understanding of what partners expect from them and what they can expect in return. The major difference is that with business partnerships in...
Deciding on the structure for a new business
Starting a business can be a big challenge for people in California and across the country. There are a lot of tasks to do when preparing for a launch. These can include securing premises, printing up business cards, setting up advertising and registering with the...
Partnership types include limited, general and joint venture
Residents and businesses in California might be interested in knowing more about the different types of partnerships that are available when forming a business. These include limited, general and joint partnerships. A business contract between two or more people is a...
Understand your freight shipping contract before filing a dispute
California business owners involved with e-commerce deal with lots of shipments each year. Those shipments are sent nationwide or around the world, and they range in size and weight depending on what's being shipped. Inevitably, there's going to come a point when a...
Long Beach port operations deputy director addresses criticism
According to the deputy executive director for operations at the Port of Long Beach, the organization is working on solutions to regain business lost to Gulf and East Coast ports and address a critical report released by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, or...
The validity of a contract is unknown until it’s challenged
Many California business people pride themselves on their word being their bond. This serves as a foundation for how they conduct business. Nevertheless, business contracts have become increasingly more important when liability issues arise from agreement violations...
Blank sailings effecting truckers in California
In California and surrounding ports on the west coast, there have been delays for truckers due to unscheduled and intermittent gate closures, blank sailings, and equipment return issues. While overall the ports are doing well with overall truck turn times of less than...
Insurance, business law and litigation
Insurance plays an important role in every industry. California business owners may have a variety of insurance policies to cover a myriad of issues. When companies pay their premiums, they expect their insurance companies to protect them when needed. Unfortunately,...