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Can my partner force me to sign a credit card agreement?

I am an owner of a business with my partner. I have for many year carried a company credit card and have on occasion made…

I currently have a DBA but need to switch it to a LLC

Is it even possible to switch it or do I need to ‘Close’ the DBA and then do everything over as an LLC?

Can I be liable for a general contractor’s attorney fees?

I hired a general contractor, per bank insistence, to remodel a building into a home. There were issues with the foundation contractor he hired and…

Rental Business

I’m getting married this year, and am accumulating a lot of wedding decor. Instead of selling it all after I’m done, I want to rent…

Can I get out of a non compete agreement?

When I sold my construction business, I signed a non compete agreement. The agreement states I can not do similar business within 30 miles of…

Customer Won’t pay for catering

South Dakota CateringThis is going to be a little long and am sorry for that. I just want to be thorough. I own and operate…

Could there be legal issues with having the same company name?

I am in the process of forming a lawncare/snow removal company for my local city. Our business model is unique to our industry and we…

If 15 months ago I hired a local woman to do some work on a quilt with a verbal agreement which she breached, how do I get my property back?

After attempting to contact her for most of a year, I gave her a completion date of just over 3 months ago. She agreed. However,…

What to do if we own a hotel and have a guest who claims that she was bitten by bugs so now she wants a $200 payment or will write negative reviews on the internet which could impact us significantly?

If I personally wrote a check for my half of a building that my partner and I put our business in, can she tell me who I can or can’t sell my half of the building to?