News and Views

  • Joint Ventures | Risks and Benefits

    A joint venture is a type of partnership formed for a specific or common purpose. Individuals, partnerships, an LLC and corporations may form a joint venture to cooperate on a specific task.
  • What Are The Risks of Opening My Business Early?

    Exasperated business owners have had enough. They say they need to go back to work to support themselves and their employees.
  • What You Should Know Before You Sign A Commercial Lease

    Commercial leases often are not subject to the same consumer protection laws as residential ones, so it is important to understand exactly what you are committing to and to negotiate the best possible terms.
  • Arizona's New Limited Liability Law, Part 3

    Arizona’s newly revised limited liability act (RULLA) clarifies many of the duties that managers and members of the LLC owe.
  • Arizona's New Limited Liability Law, Part 2

    Subjects for which existing Arizona law has been retained and subjects which the operating agreement may change.
  • Arizona's New Limited Liability Law, Part 1

    The RULLCA offered many improvements and clarifications to the Old Act, and the New Act retains the language of RULLCA as much as possible. Despite that, there are a number of areas in which the drafting committee of the New Act determined that Arizona’s existing law and procedures should be retained, and those sections of the Old Act were changed minimally, if at all.
  • Think Twice Before Using A Quit-Claim Deed

    The most pronounced problem is that quitclaim deeds lack guarantees for creating or delivering good title, unlike warranty deeds, which guarantee that the grantor has good title to the property.
  • Risks of Not Properly Dissolving Your LLC

    If your limited liability company was properly formed and operated you should generally be protected from personal liability for its debts. However, some exceptions exist.
  • Recent Changes to Arizona's Fair Wages And Healthy Families Act

    The new minimum wage increase applies to all Arizona employers, except small businesses, in keeping with the present coverage provisions of the Arizona Minimum Wage Act.
  • Buying or Selling A Business or Business Assets

    Buying or selling a business can be complex. Many variables can affect the purchase and sale. These variables will affect your decisions, whether you should make them at all and how you should begin.
  • Selecting A Registered Agent

    Fulfilling the full duties of a registered agent requires advanced, robust compliance capabilities to protect your company against traps and pitfalls
  • Your Statutory Agent | Compliance Partner and First Line of Defense Against Risk

    In the final analysis, companies may find that the consequences of inadequate risk protection to be extremely costly over time.
  • Medicaid's Look Back Period Explained

    Medicaid’s look-back period is meant to prevent Medicaid applicants from giving away assets or selling them under fair market value in an attempt to meet Medicaid’s asset limit.
  • Should You Hire An Independent Contractor?

    Hiring an uninsured subcontractor poses a significant liability to your organization. This liability can affect your workers’ compensation premium substantially.
  • How the IRS Classifies Employees

    IRS Factors In Determining Independent Contractor Status