Every entrepreneur worries about that one small oversight that could cripple their business at an early stage, while weighing the costs of hiring a competent attorney to address these issues. As you strive to reach your next phase of growth you’ll likely find you’re too busy to focus on developing a competent set of procedures…
Many states require newly formed LLC’s to complete a “publication requirement,” to make legal formation official. What’s required varies from state to state, but generally, the LLC has a short period of time to publish a publicity statement disclosing the newly formed company. It typically must run for at least 1-3 cycles, and published in…
The Levine Law Group is experienced in establishing non-profit organizations under both state and federal law. The federal tax code requires that non-profit organizations form as public benefit or charity corporations in order to be eligible for 501(c)(3) tax exemption status. We can help you get your NPO off the ground for a discounted flat…
Generally speaking, you can organize under the laws of any state in the U.S., but you must keep an office address there. Each state has a different filing fee ($25-500) procedure, and requirements. Although most new businesses opt to organize in their home state, certain states like Delaware and Nevada, standout as popular choices, as…
For most steps in your incorporation procedure, there will be filing fees associated with the required formalities. This is often a concern for startups with minimal funding who are looking for the cheapest way to get up and running. Here are the basic costs of filing your incorporation documents, and minimum franchise tax costs on…
Tax structure, capitalization, and liability are the most important factors when determining the best choice of legal structure for your business operation. It’s improper to suggest that one form is better than another; rather it’s generally important that you have an idea of some of the pros and cons of the two foremost choices. The…
In our Government, the real power lies in the majority of the Community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from the acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of constituents. –…
Your reputation and privacy are important to you, and to the Levine Law Group. In this modern era, where social media is omnipresent and reports of hacking come out every other day, being proactive about your reputation, both online and in the real world, is a good thing. Technology has made it much easier to…
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ― James Madison The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects six freedoms (religious establishment, religious practice, free speech, free press, right to assemble, and…
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. – Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, West Virginia State…
