From small business law and real estate to nonprofits and tax law, I strive to support Maine's residents and businesses.
Our practice is focused on business law and includes everything
from small business law to large scale corporate law.
With a core set of practice areas, we are able to provide legal assistance to our clients
from the smallest business law issue to the largest personal injury claim.
Not exact matches
That's because under current
law, profits
from a
small business «pass through» to the owner and is taxed at his or her individual rate, which can be as high as 39.6 percent.
There were 3,400 legal defenses mounted by
small businesses in 2011 for patent cases, a 32 % increase over the prior year, according to research paper
from 2012 by Boston University
law professors James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer.
From breweries to tech companies and even
law offices,
small businesses across the country are embracing the benefits of being bike - friendly.
Small business owners may benefit
from kinder tax treatment under the new
law.
A libertarian, nonprofit
law firm, it has consistently and successfully represented
small -
business owners and entrepreneurs — by, for example, taking on licensing
laws that hinder
businesses from competing in established markets.
Gaebler lauded the
law's language allowing the SBA to raise its loan guarantee
from current levels to as much as 90 percent for some loans, but said «this latest, new rule negates some of those provisions and... doesn't offer much respect to the
small business economy, especially when you consider the big role that
small business plays in an economic recovery.»
Specializing in the areas of securities, commercial finance, real estate and general corporate
law, his clients range
from individuals and
small privately held
businesses to multi-million dollar entities.
This impressive milestone marks a long journey
from a one - man operation providing
small businesses with consistency in their marketing efforts, to a fully staffed hybrid agency model serving clients large and
small in a wide variety of fields, including healthcare,
law, software, retail and other B2B
business, as well as non-profits.
You'll find the following: The
Small Business Legal Toolkit When your business dreams go from idea to reality, you're suddenly faced with laws and regulations governing nearly every move y
Business Legal Toolkit When your
business dreams go from idea to reality, you're suddenly faced with laws and regulations governing nearly every move y
business dreams go
from idea to reality, you're suddenly faced with
laws and regulations governing nearly every move you make.
The
law contains several provisions favorable to
businesses, including a cut in the corporate income - tax rate to 21 %, down
from 35 %; the ability to write off qualified investments in new facilities right away, rather than over several years; and the potential for a 20 % income deduction for
small -
business owners who own companies via pass - through entities.
Most of the discussion about the 100 % exclusion of capital gains
from the sale of «qualified
small business» stock, extended now by the new tax
law for stock purchased prior to January 1, 2012, has been about the enticement it represents for angels and other early - stage venture investors to fund more startups.
The
law also extends the exclusion of 100 % of capital gains
from the sale of «qualifying
small business stock.»
But the
laws are not a perfect solution for professionals, as Emma Plumb writes at 1 Million for Work Flexibility: «In all cases, employers have the right to refuse requests for flexibility on
business grounds, and
small employers are exempted
from the
laws in some countries.»
introducing legislation to establish an «effects test» in national competition
law to protect
small businesses from the impact of anti-competitive conduct by large, counterparty
businesses
Some of the transcripts are now available
from the Senate's inquiry into the «impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry» (naturally Frank Zumbo used the opportunity to once again rave about the Birdsville amendment on predatory pricing - he doesn't fail to mention he drafted it, amongst other things (such as a purported need for price discrimination
laws and proposing an office of the Australian
small business and farming commissioner)-RRB-.
Find out what the Federation of
Small Businesses have to say about David Cameron's first cabinet reshuffle, George Osborne's plans for a small business bank, changes to the planning laws, and other news from this
Small Businesses have to say about David Cameron's first cabinet reshuffle, George Osborne's plans for a
small business bank, changes to the planning laws, and other news from this
small business bank, changes to the planning
laws, and other news
from this week.
«A «
small rotten core» of company directors, including bankers, are to face tougher
laws to ensure they are banned
from running British
businesses, Vince Cable will say on Monday as he unveils a series of measures to promote a fairer economy.
He is dedicated to strengthening New York's public corruption
laws, protecting
small businesses from the rising costs of big government, reducing spending and controlling our property taxes.
Smith, 57, was first elected in 2000, and he'll be challenged by Avery, an estate and elder
law attorney
from Hillcrest, and trademark lawyer and
small business owner Vanel, of Cambria Heights.
High - profile members of that profession ejected
from their Commons seats on May 7 included
business secretary Vince Cable, pensions minister Steve Webb, schools minister David
Laws and — in a
small - hour moment that signalled the turning tide — shadow chancellor Ed Balls.
But I am hearing
from small businesses, individuals and families
from throughout this district who have been signing up how much they like about this
law.»
Continuing his efforts
from past sessions to cut red tape for New York's
small businesses, Assemblyman Bing authored two
laws in 2010 that will reduce administrative burdens in the insurance and real estate brokerage industries.
However, the
law requires the Federal Reserve to study
small businesses» use of credit cards and how those companies are protected
from unfair practices — an indication that Congress might consider extending some provisions to
business credit cards in the future.
> > > Should the citizens of Wood County and the State be concerned that animal > activists groups that have no legal authority were rallied
from around the > country to shut down a WV
small business that was in complete compliance with > state
laws and agencies for over 45 years?
There is so much regulation on both individuals and companies that range
from complexities in tax
law, immigration
law, securities
law, etc., that it's nearly impossible for even a
small business owner to know all of the requirements without having to hire outside help.
This matter - based court deadline solution inside Outlook will be designed for
law firms and legal departments and will work with all
small business and enterprise versions of Office 365 that include Outlook online or on premise, ranging
from Exchange Online all the way up to Microsoft's Office 365 Enterprise 5 which includes voice with Cloud PBX.
Scalability —
from the phone system to other information systems — is often the last thing on an attorney's mind as they start a
small or solo
law firm, especially if they haven't run a
business before.
«Redesigning Your
Law Firm's Homepage to Target Key Client Verticals Main What
Law Firms Can Learn
From Small Business About Marketing in a Recession»
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Law Firms Can Learn
From Small Business About Marketing in a Recession Main 8 Tips to Make Your
Law Firm Website User - Friendly and Increase Leads»
Services provided are the 80 % of legal services that lower - and moderate - income people likely will ever need
from an attorney over their lifetimes, such as family
law, criminal
law, estate planning, probate,
small business and non-profit formation, civil litigation, and bankruptcy.
We offer a wide range of
small business professional legal services,
from preparing the initial documents creating your
business, to ongoing consulting services and employment
law.
The
law firm represents Minnesota
businesses — big and
small —
from start - up to mature ventures.
But we thought we'd take a little bit of a break
from that and talk more about its purpose and why we built it, which is that in
law practice and
small firm
law practice if you are a creative
business person or an innovator or tech oriented or trying to think up ways to better serve clients that haven't been tried before, we've found that that can be really isolating and that there can often be a lot of active resistance
from other lawyers,
from bar associations,
from regulators, and that it can just be a really strange experience to be someone trying to make your
business better, make the world better, and to feel alone or to feel like people are actively trying to stop you
from doing that.
Total Attorneys Inc., a Chicago - based company that provides services like office management and
business development for solo and
small firm lawyers, runs a number of practice - specific blogs —
from lemon
law to DUI.
Since beginning his
law practice, Masaki has represented a wide range of clients, ranging
from small start - up
businesses to large international corporations in over 2,100 trademark matters covering more than 120 countries.
The best attitudes are those of recent grads who understand that, in a
small firm, the opportunity to practice
law is created if the firm is operating well
from a
business perspective.
Mr. McClaren began his practice in Sacramento, California, servicing
small business clients following his graduation
from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of
Law.
We've used different project management software to do it, e-mail, and even not just our writers but our actual staff team we have an office but many of them work
from home or work remotely at least part of the time by choice and it's something we allow and encourage, but it isn't always the perfect solution for making sure that teams of people are on the same page and coordinated, and that's of course completely setting aside the fact that there are plenty of
business owners who care about Face time and making sure people are working hard and we've actually, we trust the people we work with so that's not even on our radar, though it definitely would be on some
small law firms radars as an additional struggle with remote workers.
Aaron Street: Unless you are a
small business attorney, I don't see how other
law firms are really going to directly benefit
from that community.
She has a
small, general practice
law firm, and sounds like she is running it like a
business, partly due to the help she has gotten
from Kelli Hoskins, a
business coach.
But it is clear that the changes have been drawn to prevent some large consulting firm
from gobbling up a
law firm to supplement their delivery model... but one wonders how this will be applied in the context of
smaller MDPs that compromise multiple professionals with a view to, say, render
business advice that includes legal, accounting and perhaps marketing and
business strategy as well.
AB & David — one of Ghana's leading
law firms and winner of the African Small Practice Law Firm of the Year award for the second year on the bounce — founded AB & David Africa (ABDA) in 2015, with Zambian firm Tembo Mulengeshi & Chanda, and Chilume & Co from Botswana, to provide a pan-African service for clients seeking to do business in multiple jurisdictio
law firms and winner of the African
Small Practice
Law Firm of the Year award for the second year on the bounce — founded AB & David Africa (ABDA) in 2015, with Zambian firm Tembo Mulengeshi & Chanda, and Chilume & Co from Botswana, to provide a pan-African service for clients seeking to do business in multiple jurisdictio
Law Firm of the Year award for the second year on the bounce — founded AB & David Africa (ABDA) in 2015, with Zambian firm Tembo Mulengeshi & Chanda, and Chilume & Co
from Botswana, to provide a pan-African service for clients seeking to do
business in multiple jurisdictions.
For this week's podcast, Aaron and Sam discuss whether lawyers should learn to code, and Sam talks with Davis Senseman about what it is like to create a
small business law practice
from the ground up.
The gradual loosening of inter-jurisdictional practice rules, the twenty - year track record of Canadian national
law firms in the
business context, the increasing automation of basic processes and utilization of standardized technology tools like practice - management software in even very
small practices, and the increasing competition
from non-lawyer service providers and self - help options all suggest to me that a similar national retail
law firm in Canada isn't far - fetched.
(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms
from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many
small and mid-sized
businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (
from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium
law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.
Solo practitioners and
small law firms should seek out guidance
from a Certified Public Accountant or tax lawyer when filing their taxes; however, it helps to have a general idea what the IRS expects
from your
small business.
The firm, which specializes in public
law, has had associates bring in several significant clients ranging
from public agencies to individuals and
small businesses.