Legal advice on Business in Georgia

My husband is looking for a space to lease in Georgia. The leasing agent has said it will be a deal breaker with the landlord if I, the spouse - who has no interest and no role in the company, do not sign the guaranty. All assets are in my husband's name. Is there a way to negotiate this? If so, what's the best way to handle this situation? We don't want my name tied to the business in any way. Here is the verbiage from the agent: One item that will be a deal killer with this owner is the guaranty as you mentioned below. In GA, if a couple is married and both spouses are not on the guaranty, the guaranty is essentially worthless. We could look at limiting the guaranty, but will need the owners final approval. I cannot find anything in Georgia law, but I may be missing it, or, do not know what to really look for. Thank you.

Landlord is not renewing my lease. I am not relocating my business. I will be having an auction to sell furniture, fixtures and equipment. I do not owe any outstanding debts to vendors or banks. Is an attorney necessary in this situation?

I am trying to leave a LLC partnership due to irreconcilable differences, but once I told them my wish the 2 partners began to add ridiculous clauses for my departure that practically prevents me from starting my own business. Out of frustration, I informed the partners that I will not be selling them my shares until the clauses are simplified to a simple buyout that repays my original investment. The partners are not budging sadly and now I am planning to draw money from the business itself in order to force them to reconsider. Couple of things to note: 1. The LLC was formed using a very basic contract that specifies no work requirements or salary. 2. We were informally paid using a draw. 3. The business is profitable.

We are a staffing agency in Georgia and we represent clients and candidates nationwide. Is it ok to forward an email to my client from a candidate who is threatening to sue the client? The candidate is upset that the offer was rescinded. The candidate has not signed any contract with my company but my client is asking for his emails threatening to sue the client. We are located in Georgia but the client and candidate are located in Florida.

I have been offered a job as an accountant in SBK INTERNATIONAL (https://www.sbkint.com/) based in Georgia USA. They also have an e-commerce website: https://cloud9smokeco.com. The company deals with tobacco products and according to the company management they have all the compliances with Federal and the state government. My job is to strictly look at their accounts / ERP system and I will neither be selling the product nor buying the product. But, as an accountant I will be paying the vendors when the invoices comes. Since it is a tobacco industry, I want to know that I will not get into any legal problems if I join this job.

I am in healthcare and thinking of going into a partnership in a private practice coke start with a much more experienced and seasoned doc who’s very successful and has started many practices in the past. He invited me to join him and his assistant. He said I can have a third ownership, his assistant will and him and his ex-wife will own a third of the practice. I feel a bit uneasy going into this blindly especially since it’s 3 other partners involved and this would be my first time opening a business and having my own practice, albeit with other partners. What is the best way to convey to him that I would like to get this all on paper so we’re all on the same page? I was told the best way to prevent any conflicts or misunderstanding is to create a memorandum of understanding. For the past 4 months I’ve requested him that we should get a partnership agreement drawn up before moving forward but he’s already working with the landlord of a location we’re looking at to get the lease moving forward. He told me a few months ago that he can get his attorney to draft one up really quick but I have yet to see it. I’m wondering what my next move should be?

I bought a vehicle 2nd hand, person to person, but have had nothing but problems after trying to drive said vehicle home I have had possession of the vehicle for 4 days have not registered it with my county office but the other individual I bought it from is refusing to give me my money back. Do I have any legal standing

After incident, I’m losing money by the day and insurance company doesn’t want to pay for the full cost I’m losing, even though they have the contract between me and the company that pays me

My construction loan lender recommended a general contractor to build my house. The lender was financing several other customers working with that general contractor at the time of referral. All of those customers working with the general contractor were experiencing fraudulent activities and misconduct by the general contractor. The lender did not disclose this to me. The lender also granted an exception for the general contractor to receive 10% of my loan upfront upon closing. This is not standard practice. The lender did not caution or advise me that paying the general contractor upfront, especially a general contractor who was committing fraud, was not wise. After the 10% was given to the general contractor, he began grading or lot. In eight months, the general contractor did the grading incorrectly, did not complete work up to county code resulting in a stop work order from the county, and stole $45,000 from me. Is the lender liable for the money the general contractor stole plus damages? The lender is now offering to pay me $45,000 in cash if I sign an NDA.

I became a lender for a company looking to buy a hotel in Smyrna, GA back on April 7, 2023. It was supposed to be a 3-week turnaround. I invested via two of my entities. $2500 each - so I invested a total of 5K for a return of $7500 each - equating to 15K total. The buyer had two different contracts for me at all times. Buyer got scammed (because she didn't do her full due diligence) and never truly ended up closing, thus this has become a four-month long ordeal in which I've never received my ROI. The first time they got scammed, the seller allowed a 30 day extension. The buyer decided to work with the same lender that scammed them, and they got scammed AGAIN. During this period of time, the buyer signed two more agreements with me. Both of them with her agreeing to $500/biz day in penalty fees. On 8/1, she disclosed that there is a plan to close and provide the return within 45 days or earlier. I informed her my current balance is 74K, and she doesn't want to pay it. She said that she will only pay 37K total. She claims that she has spoken with legal counsel and they've told her that that our binding contracts would not uphold in a court of law.