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LLC Implementation – What to Consider in Business Entities

Written by JGPC Business Law on November 27, 2017.

The East Bay is a great place to start a business, especially in the tech or entertainment industry. Part of the excitement of startups is that you and your partners are building something from scratch. For many of your dealings in the early phase of your business, you can let innovation and intuition be your guide. But when it comes to entity formation, that is, legally establishing your business, you need the help of an experienced lawyer. A limited liability company (LLC) is a popular type...

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Local Attorney – Who Knows Your Business Needs Better?

Written by JGPC Business Law on November 20, 2017.

Starting a business in the Bay Area is not like starting a business somewhere else. When you hire a lawyer to help with business formation, you want someone who knows the entrepreneurship environment in your local area and the laws that will apply to the business. A business lawyer who has only worked with companies in Miami or Chicago or Boston, for example, would not be of much help. Your local attorney, with offices in Livermore and Pleasanton, is the best person to help you establish your...

Pros and Cons of an LLC Designation

Written by JGPC Business Law on October 9, 2017.

As your LLC designation law firm can more fully inform you, starting your business as a limited liability company (LLC) can provide you and your fledgling enterprise with considerable benefits and protections. These benefits and protections, however, can come with certain “costs” – drawbacks of which you should be aware. It is therefore advisable to consult with your LLC designation law firm before you settle on the business form your new venture will take to ensure you select the form that will...

JGPC Business and Corporate Law Opens New Office in Livermore, California

Written by JGPC Business Law on October 2, 2017.

JGPC Business and Corporate Law is proud to announce that it has opened another office location at 373 North L Street in Livermore, CA. The new office will provide all the same legal services as the services available at the original JGPC office in Pleasanton. The motivation for opening a second office is to provide clients in and around Livermore with a more convenient location. “All of us at JGPC law are excited about opening our new office in Livemore and providing a more efficient and convenient...

What Do IP Attorneys Do and When Do You Need One?

Written by JGPC Business Law on September 30, 2017.

Ideas, creative inventions and processes, and trademarks are what help give you an edge over your competition, and it is your intellectual property (IP) attorney’s job to ensure these assets continue to provide you benefits and advantages for years to come. Your IP attorney’s mission is simple: to help you take advantage of intellectual property laws in the United States and wherever else your business conducts commercial activity so that your products or services are distinguished from competitors...

Legal Risks in Do-It-Yourself Crafting and Alterations

Written by JGPC Business Law on September 20, 2017.

Someone recently asked about the legal implications of altering something yourself, such as piece of furniture, of selling the altered furniture in person, of selling the altered furniture via the Internet, of making a copy of the furniture, of instructing others on how to perform these alterations. In the current vernacular, some people call these efforts, a hack or a “mod” (as in modifying) or a “dup” (as in duplication). Whether a person may hack, mod and dup an object depends on whether the...

Three Deal-Breakers in Franchise Agreements

Written by JGPC Business Law on September 11, 2017.

A franchise may be the perfect way for budding entrepreneurs with little capital and/or little experience in operating a business to get started with their own business. When you choose to operate a franchise, a larger parent company agrees to permit you to sell their product or service – and oftentimes agrees to assist you in establishing and operating the business – in return for a certain amount of your business’s profits. Many fast food chains and local offices of national service providers...

What Entrepreneurs Need to Know about California Commercial Law

Written by JGPC Business Law on September 8, 2017.

Commercial Law FAQs For the new California entrepreneur, one consistent piece of advice you are likely to hear is to retain the services of an experienced commercial law attorney. While this is certainly good advice, the reasons why this is so may not be as readily apparent. This is because most new entrepreneurs – and even some seasoned business owners – do not fully comprehend the scope, purpose or objectives of commercial law. What You Need to Know About Commercial Law in California For those...

When to Call a Lawyer to Protect Your Creditor/Debtor Rights

Written by JGPC Business Law on July 28, 2017.

In times past, creditors – that is, those who lent debtor’s property or services on a promise that the obligation would be paid – held considerable power over debtors. If a debtor failed to pay his or her obligation, there was little in the law to prevent the creditor from having the debtor thrown in jail, his or her property seized, and/or his or her family being forced or compelled to work in order to pay off the obligation. Thankfully, those days have passed: now, creditors as well as...

Resolving Commercial Construction Disputes

Written by JGPC Business Law on July 28, 2017.

How Commercial Construction Disputes May Be Resolved While commencement of commercial construction projects is typically (or, at the very least, should be) preceded by the execution of a well-drafted contract, even this is no guarantee that a dispute will not arise between your business and the construction company with which you are doing business. When such a dispute arises, there may be one of several ways that the dispute may be resolved. The options available to you will depend on the terms...