What Is a Master Service Agreement and When Does Your Louisiana Business Need One? Business Law Group | Business Contracts A master service agreement — or MSA — is a contract that sets the standing terms between...
You've found the business. The price is right, the lease looks solid, and you're ready to sign. Then, somewhere in due diligence, a line item surfaces that everyone wants to wave away: the seller hasn't filed or paid their business personal property tax in the parish where they are located. It's...
What Is an Asset Purchase Agreement and What Should It Include in a Louisiana Business Sale? Business Law Group | Buying / Selling a Business The asset purchase agreement is the central transaction document in most Louisiana small business sales. It defines what is...
How Do Louisiana Forced Heirship Laws Affect a Business Owner's Estate Plan? Business Law Group | Estate Planning & Business Succession Louisiana is the only state in the country with forced heirship laws — a Civil Law inheritance concept that gives certain heirs a legally protected...
What Happens to a Louisiana Liquor License When a Business Is Sold? Business Law Group | ATC & Liquor Licensing A Louisiana ATC permit does not automatically transfer when...
What Happens After You File a Trademark Application with the USPTO? Business Law Group | Trademarks & Intellectual Property Filing a trademark application with the USPTO is not the end of the process — it's the beginning...
Why NDAs Fail in Louisiana — and What Your Confidentiality Agreement Should Actually Say Business Law Group | Business Contracts A non-disclosure agreement is only useful if it's enforceable — and a surprising number of NDAs used by Louisiana businesses aren't. The failures...
What Happens If You Break a Commercial Lease Early in Louisiana? Business Law Group | Commercial Leases Breaking a commercial lease early in Louisiana is almost always expensive — but how expensive depends entirely on ...
Can You Enforce a Non-Compete Agreement Against a Contractor or Employee in Louisiana? Business Law Group | Business Contracts Louisiana has some of the most restrictive non-compete laws in the country. Unlike the majority of states where...
What Are the Most Common Reasons the Louisiana ATC Denies a Liquor License Application? Business Law Group | ATC & Liquor Licensing Louisiana ATC permit applications are denied every year for reasons that, in most cases, were identifiable and addressable before the application...
What Happens When a Client Doesn't Pay in Louisiana — and What Your Contract Should Say About It Business Law Group | Business Contracts Non-payment is one of the most common legal problems small and mid-size businesses face, and it's also one of the most preventable...
What Is a Buy-Sell Agreement for a Louisiana Business and Do You Actually Need One? Business Law Group | Estate Planning & Business Succession A buy-sell agreement is a contract among the co-owners of a business that governs what happens to an owner's interest when a...
What Is Trademark Infringement and What Can a Louisiana Business Owner Actually Do About It? Business Law Group | Trademarks & Intellectual Property Trademark infringement occurs when someone uses a name, logo, or other brand identifier that is likely to cause confusion with yours — regardless of whether...
What Is a CAM Charge in a Louisiana Commercial Lease and Can You Actually Negotiate It? Business Law Group | Commercial Leases CAM charges — common area maintenance charges — are the portion of a...
What Should a Louisiana Business Contract Actually Include to Hold Up in Court? Business Law Group | Business Contracts A business contract in Louisiana is only as useful as its enforceability — and a surprisingly high number...
How Do Louisiana Buyers and Sellers Actually Set the Purchase Price for a Small Business? Business Law Group | Buying / Selling a Business The purchase price in a Louisiana small business acquisition is almost never...
Plenty of businesses elect S-corp status early on and never look at it again. That's usually fine — until the business changes shape and the election that made sense at $150,000 in revenue starts creating friction at $1.5 million, or when a sale, new partner, or expansion is on the horizon. An S...
How Long Does It Take to Get a Louisiana Liquor License — and What Actually Slows It Down? Business Law Group | ATC / Liquor Licensing The honest answer is:...
Who Has to File a Schedule A for a Louisiana Liquor License? What Restaurant LLC Investors Actually Need to Know Business Law Group | ATC and Liquor Licensing Not every member of a Louisiana LLC is required to submit a Schedule A when the entity applies for an ATC liquor permit — and understanding exactly who is required to file is one of the most practically important...
What Happens to Your Louisiana LLC When You Die — and Why the Operating Agreement Probably Does Not Cover It Business Law Group | Estate Planning and Trusts Most Louisiana LLC owners assume that if something happens to them...
Renting Your Building to Your Own Business? Whether You Need a Lease Depends on Your Structure. A lot of business owners end up in this exact setup: you own the building, your business operates out of it, and the “rent” is really just money moving between two entities you control. It feels infor...
Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale: What Louisiana Business Buyers and Sellers Need to Understand Before Signing Business Law Group | Buying and Selling a Business When a business changes hands in Louisiana, the first structural question is...
Business owners hear constantly that electing S-corp status "saves on taxes." Fewer understand why, legally, that's true — or that the election itself doesn't save you anything. It just opens a door. Walking through it correctly takes coordination between your attorney, a tax strategist, and your...
If your business owns the building it operates out of — or you're thinking about buying real estate through your company — this is worth five minutes before you sign anything. We see it often: a founder buys a building, and because the business already has an entity set up, the property goes in ...
What Happens to ATC Permits When a Louisiana Restaurant Chain Changes Ownership — and Why Filing Quickly Is Not Optional By Business Law Group | ATC and Liquor Licensing When a restaurant chain with multiple Louisiana locations changes ownership, the ATC permits attached to each location do not...