The problem with a LLC is that someone can forge your name on the legal documents like amendments or a dissolution. You can

If you have specific concerns, then it would be good for you to discuss them with local business counsel. IT is not clear why someone would want...

Can I take inspiration from another users work ex the concept and make it my own

In order to really answer your question, it would be important to have specific facts. Asserting the "fair use" defense is always very fact...

I have a contract from a business that the main corporation is in Maryland. They are not abiding by the contract that I have.

It may be that the company has had enough contacts in New Jersey to give the NJ courts jurisdiction to hear a case against them. If you can work...

As part of the deal to buy out your brother, you could include requirements in the purchase agreement that prevent him from benefiting from trade...

How can I copyright or trademark a Logo and catch phrase?

There are 2 parts to your question. If the logo is a design, then you want to be sure that you own the copyright in the design as well as rights...

We have paid our contractor 95% of contract and found out that he's in financial trouble. He is not bonded for much. Options?

From what you describe, you will be standing in line to collect your money for breach of contract by the contractor. Not a pretty picture. ...

I wrote a play based on the 1922 European edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. Would my play infringe on copyright?

I do not think that what edition you refer to is the real question. Each edition even if it has changes in text would only be a derivative of the...

I own a C corporation and a good friend of mine owns one too. Both of us are in residential construction business.

Not sure why you would file DBA under each others' names? Doubt that such will resolve questions about the scope of your deal. It may be a great...

How do you structure the purchase of an existing business without inheriting its liabilities?

As has been noted, structuring the transaction as an Asset Purchase is the clearest way to buy the assets you want and not the liabilities too. ...

Is it possible to get out of a lease. I have 17 months left and the business is not making any money.

Sorry to hear of your tight financial problem. Is it possible that you can sell your business or assign the lease to someone else? Even if you...