The Corporate Transparency Act is a new federal law that imposes a stringent duty on almost all U.S. business entities and foreign entities doing business in the U.S. to make detailed online reports of critical information to the Financial Crimes…
Using the online service can save you money in the short term, but not in the long term
Holding an LLC membership in a trust is a bad idea; using a trust to conduct business is a worse one
Most businesspeople who have formed any of the 80,000 New Hampshire LLCs currently in good standing have done so because LLCs are so easy to form and because they provide their members with liability…
Beware legalese when dealing with larger LLCs
There are inherent risks facing participants in the business structure
What are the steps, hurdles for two-member LLCs looking to split up?
Beware of the inherent risks facing two-member LLCs
What are the steps, hurdles for two-member LLCs looking to split up?
A closer look at Sections 21 to 24 of the LLC Act
A closer look at Sections 13 to 16 of the LLC Act
If you are a New Hampshire LLC member or manager or if you plan to form a New Hampshire LLC, you and your business advisers need to have a solid basic knowledge of LLC…
A look at the first four provisions and how they affect your business
The basics included in the groundbreaking 2013 law
How LLCs work to help protect your personal assets
LLCs have several key characteristics that make them a better kind of business entity for most owners
Whether an LLC, PLLC or partnership, comprehensive written agreements are necessary
The basics about IRAs, ESAs and HSAs for entrepreneurs
There are seven main issues your LLC agreement should address
Be careful about what you agree to in online communications
What its effects are on sole proprietorships vs. single-member LLCs
The day that made it more profitable and more difficult to start and own a business
Why it’s a very good idea for single-member LLCs to have one
Shareholders of C corporations be warned: You’re being double-taxed
New tax law contains some pitfalls that should require switching your tax regimen
New IRS code includes bigger deductions for sole proprietors, and most S corp. and LLC members
There are three main ways two-member LLCs can prevent one
What members can do to avoid Social Security and Medicare taxes?
New, tougher rules for IRS audits take effect Jan. 1
New federal rules could create grave audit risks for New Hampshire LLCs and others
HB 1656 once again allows real estate owners to protect their property from claims by creditors
New Hampshire general partnership law has many grave flaws
You can, but there are several risks to be aware of
A possible solution: mediation and arbitration provisions
How to employ the ‘$50,000 floor rule’ to limit your obligation
Such a contractual provision may avoid deadlock between members
Starting with the new year, the state’s revised act will govern all N.H. LLCs, including the 40,000 formed under the previous law
If your corporation converts from a business corporation to an LLC and is properly structured, they won’t have to pay it
Strategies to avoid months of delay and possibly substantial legal fees
Two-member LLCs are like marriages – their biggest problems involve incompatibility
Even if you have a single employee or other person that you work closely with, forming one to conduct your business is a smart idea
You can’t really understand the duty of loyalty unless you’re aware of the eight subsidiary duties hidden in it
Forms can help LLCs decide whether to be covered by the new LLC before 2014
Knowing what your organization really stands for and knowing how to communicate that message is a business art
The agreements are a major boon for New Hampshire small businesses that lack tailored operating agreements
Changes mean the real estate transfer tax likely won’t apply to conversions
The act’s provisions are so much stronger that not adopting them early might be a big mistake
New Hampshire’s current LLC act (which I’ll call the “Old Act”) provides that an agreement among the members of an LLC about their rights and duties as members (an “operating agreement”) won’t be legally binding unless it’s in writing; and…
New Hampshire's new LLC act will become effective on Jan. 1, 2013, for LLCs formed on and after that date. But what about the roughly 50,000 New Hampshire LLCs that, on that date, will already be in existence? The short…
Relax & Co., which provided an array of services to property owners in the Lake Sunapee area, had already been forced to lay off workers earlier this month.
A federal judge has rejected most of telecommunications developer Vertex Towers’ legal challenge to build a 150-foot cellular tower on residential land in Hampton, dealing the company a significant setback.
The entreaty comes as part of a lengthy statement Sig Sauer released July 29 as it continues to push back against allegations that the P320 is unsafe.
In 2013, Brown joined Citizens Count, rising to executive director in 2020, and last year joined the Warren B. Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Renewable energy and climate change initiatives suddenly face significant headwinds
Earlier this year on February 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit issued a significant decision with implications not only for companies in the health care industry, but for any organization doing business with the federal government.
Keene recently settled with a former fire captain who’d alleged he was wrongfully terminated, an agreement between him and the city shows.
The U.S. Department of Justice is primed to investigate fraud and abuse.
JCPenney has sued the Steeplegate Mall’s owner, Onyx Partners, which wants to tear down most of Steeplegate and build some 600 apartments as well as businesses such as Costco or perhaps Whole Foods.
