An S corporation is a tax election, not an entity type. Here is who qualifies, how to make and keep the election, how California taxes S corporations, and the mistakes that most often cause trouble.
Personal information is often a key asset in an asset purchase, and a key risk. Here is how buyers can diligence the data, negotiate protections in the purchase agreement and integrate it lawfully after closing.
Two parties can co-own a trademark, but doing so raises single source, licensing and enforcement problems. Here is how joint ownership works and what to do instead.
Acquiring a DBE requires planning around ownership, funding, control and recertification under 49 CFR Part 26, as well as DOT’s 2025 changes to the program.
California’s AB 5 presumes workers are employees unless all three ABC prongs are met. Here is how the test, its exemptions and Prop 22 work, and what misclassification can cost.
Vesting, SAFEs, liquidation preferences, indemnification, the ABC test: a plain-English guide to the business and legal terms founders run into most.
