Guides to Help You Better Understand Legal

Legal is difficult. Legal concepts bombard you every day, but it is often difficult to find ways to understand the legal that affects your business everyday without going through a business law class or law school. Lucky for you, I went to three years of mind-numbing, soul-selling, brain-altering classes to help you protect your business.

I want to share what I know with you!

There are core legal concepts that impact your business every day, whether you know it or not. Many of those legal concepts are entire courses in law school. I work here to translate those difficult legal concepts into english. More than that, I work to make the content easy to consume and understand. One of the ways I do that is through these Legal to English Guides. These guides can help get you started in a particular topic in a way that is more effective than simply combing through the archives in a particular category. These guides give you some perspective on what how the various legal concepts apply to your business. As I create more content on these topics, I will add them to the guides. As we are continually adding new content, we will create new guides as appropriate.

Legal to English Guides

To get started with a concept, choose the legal issue you want to learn more about and you will be taken straight to the guide. There is no opt-in required! Just free content to help you better understand the legal that affects your business everyday.

Guide to Understanding Contracts

This guide helps you understand many of the issues you face when you read (or write) contracts. Contracts are an important part of your business. You see them everyday. This guide will help you be better prepared to understand the finer details of a contract.

Guide to Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is a part of almost every business today. Content marketers and online entrepreneurs create intellectual property everyday. This guide gives you the basics to understand what intellectual property is and how you can protect yours.

Legal to English Dictionary: Trademark

Legal A word, phrase, logo, or other graphic symbol used by a manufacturer or seller to distinguish its product or products from those of others. English Trademarks must be used to identify the source of the goods. Trademarks are protected even without registration. Use of a trademark grants certain rights in the location where the trademark is […]

What to Consider in a Business Sale

If you spend much time as an entrepreneur, you may find yourself with a business sale. This may be the opportunity to purchase another business or to sell your own. You may even begin your entrepreneurial journey with the purchase of an already-existing business. If that is the case, you should understand a few things […]

Your Operating Agreement Can Spread Your Vision

Hey, So, you may have heard about TEDx Birmingham this past weekend. I attended. I even blogged about it here. This week, I have been planning, dreaming, and thinking about the bigger picture of why we do what we do. I can’t get Jim Cavale’s (of Iron Tribe Fitness) talk about living with intent out […]

5 Reasons Your Contract Won’t Help You Collect

Contracts are important to your business. Some contracts help you describe to your clients what you will do and what they will pay you. Some contracts explain to your customer what you are giving them (or more specifically what you are not giving them) when they purchase your products. One of the most common times a business need to […]

The Signature Block of Your Contract

When you own a business, the way you sign your contract is very important. The “signature block” as it is called, defines who is signing the contract. Though this can seem a little silly, there is a big difference between signing a contract as an individual and signing a contract as an owner of a […]