by Jay Butchko | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Litigation
Small business owners have long complained that competition from retail giants is detrimental to small businesses. A small business owner might have a top-quality product, but no matter what they do, they cannot afford to sell it at prices as low as what customers...
by Jay Butchko | Feb 23, 2024 | Business Litigation
Family-owned restaurants that have operated in the same location for as long as anyone in the neighborhood can remember are a source of feelings of community for the customers, and even more so for the owners. This is why so many children of the 80s agree that the...
by Jay Butchko | Feb 9, 2024 | Business Litigation
Some recording artists save their best riffs for songs about how, in the entertainment industry, talk is cheap, everyone is fake, and everything is a lie. Just by reading the titles of “The Stroke” by Billy Squier and “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd will have their...
by Jay Butchko | Jan 19, 2024 | Business Litigation
The beauty of operating a nonprofit organization is that it serves some purpose other than making its owners wealthy. In order to accomplish their goals, nonprofits often make agreements with for-profit businesses, and it is wise to formalize these agreements with...
by Jay Butchko | Nov 3, 2023 | Business Litigation
Everyone in Los Angeles has creative vision in abundance, but not everyone has business sense. Therefore, partnerships between an artist and an entrepreneur are common here in the City of Angeles. Egos can clash in any business partnership, even one that sells...
by Jay Butchko | Oct 20, 2023 | Business Litigation
If you operate a business, there is a chance that it will close because of financial losses, with or without having first enjoyed a period of success. If you operate the business with a partner, it is virtually guaranteed that you and your business partner will...
