Legal Intel for Entrepreneurs
Who Play to Win.
20 years of litigation. Real cases. Real mistakes. Real lessons. Every article is built to help you spot the legal risks most entrepreneurs never see coming — until it's too late.
You're exposed and you don't even know it.
Defense wins championships.
A money-back guarantee feels like pure upside — it lowers buyer hesitation and signals confidence. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you it’s also one of the most common places founders quietly cr...
“Everyone tells me to put an arbitration clause in my contracts — is that actually smart?” A founder asked me this after copying one from a template without knowing what it did. It’s a great question,...
A client owes you a few thousand dollars, they’ve stopped answering, and hiring a lawyer to chase it would cost more than the debt. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you this is one of the most co...
Lawsuits rarely arrive out of nowhere. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you there’s almost always a warning period first — the client who goes cold and hostile, the partner hinting at lawyers, th...
“Should I just send them a demand letter, or is that a waste of time?” A business owner asked me this after a client stopped paying and stopped answering. She assumed a demand letter was either a magi...
Most founders think of a lawsuit as something that lives in a courtroom. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you it actually lives in your phone. The single biggest source of damaging evidence I’ve ...
The most expensive branding mistake I've seen founders make isn't a bad logo — it's falling in love with a name nobody checked. After 20 years litigating, I've watched businesses spend years and real ...
What does an indemnification clause actually obligate me to? A founder asked me this after signing a vendor agreement without reading the fine print — then getting a letter demanding he cover the vend...
Is my contractor actually an employee? A founder asked me this after his "1099 contractor" — who worked 40 hours a week, only for him, on his schedule, for two years — filed a claim. He'd called her a...
Someone offers to send you clients for a cut. Or you find someone with an audience who'll promote your offer for a percentage of every sale.
It feels like free money. No payroll, no ads, no risk — th...
You started as a sole proprietor because it was easy. You didn't file anything. You just started working, invoicing, and getting paid. That's how most businesses begin.
Then one day it hits you: ever...
How do I fire a client without getting sued? This is one of the most common questions I get, and it usually comes from someone who has already waited far too long to ask it. The client is abusive, or ...