The lie of the standard liability policy Your business insurance policy is not a shield against your own business partner. This is the hard reality that most founders ignore until the first litigation papers land…
The deposition that ended before it began I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt the need…
You sit there with a signed PDF and a false sense of security. You think because your contractor in Manila or Warsaw signed an American document that you are protected. You are wrong. I recently…
I recently spent 14 hours deconstructing a contract that was designed to be unreadable, only to find the one clause that changed everything. It was a standard Operating Agreement, or so the client thought. Hidden…
The reality of verbal agreements in modern litigation Your handshake is not a contract until a judge says it is. In my twenty five years of trial work, I have seen more business owners destroyed…
You are losing money every second you spend reading this intro if your partner has already started the bleed. I recently spent 14 hours deconstructing a contract that was designed to be unreadable, only to…
I recently spent 14 hours deconstructing a contract that was designed to be unreadable, only to find the one clause that changed everything. It was a dispute over a tech startup. Three founders. One sale.…
The high price of silence at the witness stand I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. We were…
The brutal math of a business sale I recently spent 14 hours deconstructing a contract that was designed to be unreadable, only to find the one clause that changed everything. It was tucked away in…
The scent of ozone and mint lingers in my office when the stakes are high. It is the smell of a machine running too hot and a man who has spent too much time in…