The Non-Compete You Sign When You Sell Your Business Is a Different Animal
You’ve heard that non-competes are hard to enforce. You may have heard it from a lawyer. That’s mostly about employment non-competes — the ones companies ask employees to sign. The non-compete you sign as part of selling your business is analyzed differently, and courts have long treated it more favorably. Assume the one in your […]
Buying an Online Business: Legal Due Diligence for E-commerce, SaaS, and Digital Assets
An online company can appear transferable because it has no storefront, but its value may depend on accounts and licenses that cannot simply be handed over. To buy an online business safely, verify who owns the domain, code, content, trademarks, customer data, payment accounts, and platform relationships before price and closing terms become fixed. The […]