As a lawyer for small business owners, I am constantly inspired by grit, worth ethic, and what seems like boundless amount of creativity they exhibit. By others, entrepreneurs are typically considered those “weird” people who are willing to build a business brick by brick…yet at the same time, the vast majority of those same business […]

A very interesting area that has recently caught the attention of the legal system is that of “influencer conversion marketing”. Specifically, when does an influencer (paid or unpaid) cross the line between “false advertising”, or just an entrepreneur with enough business savvy to take advantage of monetized marketing? As we all know, the pioneers are […]

“Intellectual Property” is a term for a certain area of the law, comprising of patents, copyrights, and trademarks. There are three types of intellectual property in the US, which are often confused with one another. These are are three distinct legal instruments used to define ownership in numerous ways. Here’s a brief breakdown of the three: […]

What Are Trademarks A trademark is any word, name, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish goods of one manufacturer or seller from others, and to indicate the source of goods or identify products or services to consumers. In other words, a method […]

If you want to build a solid foundation for your business and operate it successfully, every business owner needs three “advisors” on their “team”: the best accountant, the best lawyer, and the best financial advisor you can find. In the same way that you wouldn’t just go to “anybody” to perform a spinal fusion, for […]

  An exciting announcement regarding the charity we have chosen to support with our business.   When I started my business, I knew that I wanted to establish an ongoing relationship with a charity that I knew not only aligned with my business and personal values and ethics but also with my primary objective of […]

If you’re new to Paige Hulse Law, welcome! Below is an intro to what this firm (and it’s sister company, the Creative Law Shop) is all about. If you’ve been following along with PHL, keep reading, because we have some pretty big updates we’re announcing today. First, my name is Paige Hulse, and I’m the […]

New business owners looking to replace their previous “corporate” income, or those who want their business stick around for the foreseeable future: listen up. You need to educate yourself on the option of electing to be taxed as an S-Corporation. First off, to clarify, an S-Corp merely indicates how an entity is taxed. It’s not […]

Unfortunately, this is something of a necessary follow up to this post. In the same way that as a business owner, at some point you will encounter the client who wants to terminate your contract; you are just as likely to run into the scenario where a client or customer contacts you after the event/purchase, […]

As a business owner, you know that the first element of your business framework is liability protection and choosing the right entity…but all too often, I talk to business owners who think that just forming their LLC is enough, and they don’t need to follow through with the next steps. All too often, business owners […]