Fortune Magazine this week issued its list of best metro areas in which to launch a business. Durham is 15th on that list for midsized areas.

Small business owners in the Triangle are invited to attend a free corporate legal clinic on Friday, June 26, 2009, sponsored by the Durham County Bar Association, North Carolina Lawyers for Entrepreneurs Assistance Project (NC LEAP) and the Small Business Center at Durham Technical Community College. Volunteer lawyers will be available to advise on entity [...]

A few weeks ago, I blogged about whether or not you truly need an attorney to form an LLC or corporation. I thought that would spark a lot more discussion about people’s experiences good and bad with Legal Zoom, The Company Corporation, BizFilings, etc. Today, I am following up that post with the view from [...]

I am a business lawyer. I help people form corporations and LLCs to protect their assets and increase their net worth. Today, we are bombarded by ads on the radio and television telling us how easy it is to “Form your own LLC or Corporation, and save expensive legal fees!” These ads suggest that attorneys [...]