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What To Do About Bad Online Reviews For Your Business

Written by JGPC Business Law on April 16, 2019.

Let’s face it, online reviews of your business by its customers are part and parcel of running a business in the digital age. Many of us check online reviews of businesses, especially restaurants or personal services firms like hair salons, before we try them out. A negative review can affect whether a consumer will seek your services or shop for a product in your retail establishment. If you search deeply, you may even acknowledge that you have written a review or two – publicly or...

How to Select the Best Business Entity as a Franchisee

Written by JGPC Business Law on April 26, 2018.

Best Business Entity Choices for Franchisees A person interested in starting a franchise business would be wise to research the legal options for formalizing their business entity. Not only do most franchise operators require a legally registered business entity, certain business entities can also limit the liability of the business and provide certain tax benefits to the owner or operator. The best business entity for a franchise will largely depend on the business owners appetite for risk, preferred...

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Choose Best Business Entity for Consulting Business

Written by JGPC Business Law on April 19, 2018.

Best Business Entity Choices for Consultants Starting a consulting business in California is becoming a more popular, and more lucrative choice for many East Bay residents. When deciding to start a consulting business, there are several legal considerations that should be considered and decided on from the start. The most important of these decisions involves which business form or entity is best suited for your consulting business and future goals. Avoiding Personal Liability First, anyone considering...

What To Do When Your Business Partner is Suing You

Written by JGPC Business Law on April 12, 2018.

My Partner is Suing Me, What Do I Do? A business can end in many ways, from a successful sale to an unsuccessful bankruptcy. In some circumstances, a business can even end when one partner files a lawsuit against another. While the best legal option depends on the nature of the lawsuit and the partnership, potential outcomes from a lawsuit between partners can result in a dissolution of the business, holding a partner personally liable for a breach of contract, or expulsion of one partner from...

Breach of Contract Examples

Written by JGPC Business Law on April 6, 2018.

Business contracts are the private law that binds businesses and people. Entered into voluntarily, each party has the power to bargain for their rights in the contract and their corresponding obligations. Unfortunately, parties to a contract are not always able to fulfill these contractual obligations. When a person fails to perform, the party has committed a “breach of contract.” When this occurs, the laws applicable to Pleasanton, California and other California cities protect the businesses...

Business Incorporation Choices for 2018

Written by JGPC Business Law on March 29, 2018.

What types of Businesses Entities Are There? If you are looking to start a business in the East Bay then one of the first steps involves choosing which business form best suits your needs. The most popular options include sole proprietorships, limited liability companies, and corporations. A sole proprietorship is not an entity, it is doing business as an individual under a fictitious business name, also known as a “DBA”. Each entity form has different benefits and drawbacks, meaning there...

What Are ADR Services?

Written by JGPC Business Law on January 16, 2018.

What Do They Mean to a Business Owner? If you have ever been to a courthouse for litigation proceedings, you know how crowded, time-consuming and expensive the process can be. You are not the only one who wants to avoid litigation (arguing your case in front of a judge or a jury and then having them make a decision). Judges and lawyers also want to avoid it. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a remedy that can be used in Alameda County to help you resolve your business disputes without...

Asset Protection Attorney – Protect Assets from Creditors

Written by JGPC Business Law on January 9, 2018.

Everyone who opens a business does so with the intention of making a profit, so why do so many businesses in Fremont, Livermore, and elsewhere end up failing? Even worse, almost any holiday party or barroom bull session will involve someone telling a story of how his long-standing financial woes began with a bad business decision. The fact that businesses sometimes fail to make a profit and have to close is just a normal part of capitalism, but no one’s personal financial situation should be...

Why Your Music Band May Need an LLC

Written by JGPC Business Law on December 20, 2017.

In the beginning, things are great with your band, spending long afternoons jamming in your living room in Livermore and playing gigs in Pleasanton. The last thing you ever think about is needing a business lawyer for musicians. One does not need to look too far into music history to find examples of how bands can get themselves involved in complicated legal matters. Perhaps the court case in which Roger Waters battled his ex-bandmates in Pink Floyd throughout the 1980s over the legal rights...

Do Home Businesses Need to Use a Business Entity?

Written by JGPC Business Law on December 10, 2017.

There are lots of people in Livermore who work from home, and many of them could use a business lawyer for home businesses. In 1995, audiences thought it was outrageous when Homer Simpson worked from home, wearing a comfy muumuu, but it was one of many times in the 90s when The Simpsons was way ahead of its time. Today, working from home is the norm in many industries, including the creative and high-tech types of businesses that tend to flourish in Pleasanton, California. Which Business Entity...