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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Trademarking Your Brand

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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Trademarking Your Brand

Just as it is important to register your trademark, it is also important to register it the right way. There are many possibilities to make mistakes and trip yourself up along the way as you seek trademark protection for your intellectual property (IP). For many, especially new start-ups, these trademark mistakes are understandable. You have […]

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Franchising Your Central Florida Business: Legal and Regulatory Steps

Central Florida is among the hottest places to own and operate a franchise business, either as the franchisor (the entrepreneur with the licensed business model) or as a franchisee (the party that owns and operates the company using the established business model). If you’re a business owner, you already know about many of the complicated

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Drafting Central Florida Business Contracts: Legal Best Practices

Whether you’re signing a new employee to a job opening, entering into a relationship with new business partners, or hiring contractors to finish a job, business contracts are at the core of working together to get things done. In business, the difference between a well-written business agreement and a poorly worded contract is often the

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Types of Business Contracts Commonly Used in Central Florida

Very few entrepreneurs can do it all alone. We work together, build relationships, come to agreements, and find mutually beneficial scenarios that allow us to pursue our goals and business dreams. To achieve this, we must come to agreements to work with one another, swearing upon our intentions to uphold our ends of a deal

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Should I Be Paid for Hours that I am “On Call” in Florida?

In the 21st century, more jobs work non-traditional hours of 9 to 5, and many more work from non-traditional locations. As many employers use the option of having employees “on call,” there may be questions about how this affects a worker’s pay. The Florida Minimum Wage Act and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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How Should I Handle Employee Performance Problems?

As a business owner, you know you can’t let employee performance problems slide. If you don’t provide the right feedback and coaching, issues may not improve and your bottom line ends up paying for it. It’s also important to know how to address these types of problems correctly—for the best performance results and to protect

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What Is a Business Lawyer? Everything You Need to Know.

Business operations are bound by regulations meant to bring order and hold the entities accountable. Business owners and managers are often just trained to run and grow a business venture and conquer new markets. However, it might be challenging for them to keep up with the laws governing these operations. Central Florida business lawyers are specifically

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