Business Law

Your business name, logo, and slogans help customers recognize you in a crowded market. Protecting those identifiers helps you keep control over your brand and avoid confusion. North Dakota businesses have several tools available to secure trademark rights and reduce...

Hiring independent contractors can help your business stay flexible and reduce costs. You can bring in skilled workers when you need them without the long-term commitment of full-time employees. But missteps in classifying or managing contractors can create serious...

As a business owner, you probably have a lot on your plate, from managing employees to meeting deadlines and ensuring your operations run smoothly. With so much to do, it’s easy to overlook some basic yet essential aspects of your business, like the employee handbook....

Many business owners or entrepreneurs with a business idea look to go into partnership with one or more others. This can work out well, but it can also go badly in some cases. Before you make this move, consider the following: 1. What do you need from a partner?...

The Federal Trade Commission has (expected appeals aside) pretty much ended the use of noncompete agreements in the future. Given that one out of every five workers in this country is covered by a noncompete agreement, that’s roughly 30 million employees who will...

If you’re starting a new business, you may be doing it with a business partner. Many people want to be entrepreneurs, but they know they need assistance or they want to bring on someone with other business skills, financial resources or something of this nature. They...

Accidents can happen anywhere, even in places we consider safe, like hotels. This raises the question, though, of when responsibility might fall on the hotel owner if an accident occurs on their premises. Finding the answer and establishing fault hinges on several...

Running a small business can be extremely rewarding both personally and financially. However, it isn’t an easy feat. Small businesses generally have to use their resources more wisely than large corporations.  Occasionally, this can result in small businesses failing...

As a new business owner who is going to be working with a business partner, you probably want to have some sort of contract in place. Many business partners will just shake hands or start working together unofficially. But it’s safer to put together a partnership...

Two different companies coming together into a single entity can mean different things. You may have heard about businesses merging or one company acquiring the other. If you are a business owner, you should know that mergers and acquisitions are not the same....