Every business or professional relationship you have today or will ever have will eventually end. Businesses fail. Partners move on to other interests. A business partner might become ill or even pass away. Other businesses are sold or merge into bigger companies. It is inevitable that business partnerships end. Thus, it only makes sense to […]
Should I Form an S-Corp or LLC for My Business?
Launching a new business venture can be a time-consuming and nerve-racking experience. Whether you are a solopreneur, have a business partner or are part of a group forming a start-up, you are going to have many choices and decisions to make. One of the first business decisions you will confront, once you have committed to […]
The Series LLC for Real Estate Deals
This is the second article we have authored about the Indiana Series LLC, which remains a relatively new business structure, having just become available on January 1, 2017. While the rules, regulations, processes and law on this new business model are incomplete and not yet fully decided, the law governing the Series LLC is developing […]
Our Virtual Law Office
Sometimes, you just need an Indiana legal form, without a lawyer’s help. IndianaVirtualLaw is the website name for the virtual law offices of Griffith Law Group LLC, an Indiana law firm. Through our Virtual Law Office, our law firm provides cost-effective and efficient, limited legal services pertaining to Indiana, Immigration, and federal Trademark Law. Limited […]
Is Indiana the Best State in Which to Form my Business?
A couple times each month, we are asked by a client whether it is better to form a Delaware corporation, or a Nevada LLC, rather than an Indiana entity. Here is a common Q & A we experience when helping a client chose a state in which to form a new business entity. CLIENT: I […]
Good Fences & Bad Neighbors – A Primer on Property Line Disputes
While most land purchasers almost instinctively think of acquiring title insurance as part of closing on the purchase of land, most purchasers do not instinctively think of getting a survey. But without a survey, the purchaser does not know for certain the boundaries of his land purchase. The legal description on a deed often does […]
Sue For Blood, Settle For Money
Cost Effective Legal Representation The GRIFFITH LAW GROUP LLC recently rejected a client representation, because we could not deliver a cost-effective result for the potential client. The potential client (We will call him John in this article.) had a dispute with a neighbor over a very small strip of land, three inches to be precise. […]
Attorney’s Fees: The American Rule
Generally, each party to a dispute must bear his, her or its own litigation expenses. In other words, each party pays his or her own attorneys’ and expert witness fees, and the other costs of a lawsuit. The winner does not get to recover those fees from the loser. This system is known as the […]
The $1500 Small Claims Rule
Indiana Small Claims Courts have limited jurisdiction. Essentially, small claims are cases involving only landlord-tenant matters and other purely monetary disputes, none of which may exceed $6,000 in damages being sought. In Marion County, a plaintiff can recover attorneys’ fees, interest and costs beyond the $6,000. There is another rule that significantly impacts property managers […]