by Stephen Stern | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Business Start-Ups, Small Business
Trade secrets are invaluable to a business, but once they lose their protection, they cease being secrets. Moreover, placed in the wrong hands, they can serve as the fuel your competition needs to succeed. What are Trade Secrets? They include customer lists and...
by Stephen Stern | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Business Start-Ups, Case Study, Small Business
In business, there are a couple of true “No-Nos”. First, one should never ignore the federal or state tax collector — they have collection powers that seemingly have no end. Second, don’t select a name for your product or service that merely...
by Stephen Stern | Jun 29, 2015 | Business Start-Ups, Small Business
When starting up a new business, it’s important to do an expansive search to see whether the business name you seek is also available as a corporate name within your state, as a domain name (URL website), and as trademark in the industry or “classification...
by Stephen Stern | May 29, 2014 | Small Business
Despite being a technological world leader, the U.S. continues to lag behind its UK and Euro counterparts when it comes to fairly compensating its artists and, as a result, American artists lose millions of dollars in revenues from royalties in the U.S. and abroad. As...
by Stephen Stern | Apr 22, 2014 | Small Business
A fine line continues to exist between free market solicitation of clients and being sued for Tortious Interference with Contract or Economic Relations. Whereas one might reap you profits the other threatens to to take them away …and much more. State laws are spilt...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 27, 2014 | Small Business
California’s new Limited Liability Company laws replaced important governing provisions of the operating agreements created prior to January 1, 2014 – mostly, the impact of default provisions. This blog focuses on the impact on Fiduciary Duties in California....