LAW OFFICE OF JOEL ANKNEY PC

Virginia is now on the cutting edge of the employee versus independent contractor debate, and that could create a lot of legal problems f...

"Entrepreneur" is a broad term to describe anyone who starts or runs a business. But not all entrepreneurs are the same. I have been help...

Title: Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game Author: Walker Deibel (https://buythenbuild.com/) How I Fo...

Domenic Rinaldi recently interviewed me on his M&A Unplugged Podcast about my book, Here's the Deal, and how buyers and sellers of small ...

Last week, Domenic Rinaldi interviewed me about my book, Here's the Deal: Everything You Wish a Lawyer Would Tell You About Buying a Smal...

Sellers sometimes regret selling their businesses. This is especially true when the seller is the founder. It's hard to let go. You might...

You're buying a business or real estate. Your purchase agreement says you're going to close on a particular date. You probably won't. You...

I was working on my first deal as a young lawyer. I represented the buyer. The lawyer representing the seller drafted the purchase agreem...

Lawyers often draft contracts with attached exhibits to simplify the contract language by moving details out of the body of the contract ...

Buy an existing business and grow it, rather than starting a business from scratch. That's the idea of "entrepreneurship through acquisit...

If you win a lawsuit, the losing party will not pay your attorney's fees, unless required by statute or contract. Relatively few statutes...

When you sign a contract, do you need to have an "original" - i.e., one contract with the original signatures of all the parties - for it...

One of the biggest challenges for an entrepreneur is finding the money to do a deal. I spoke to the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition ...

Have you thought about trying mediation to resolve your business dispute instead of a lawsuit? Years ago, I thought I might make a good m...

This is my most exciting book news to date. The University of Illinois business school is using my book as a text in its Entrepreneurship...

The more you pay for something, the more you expect it to be of high quality. And you expect the seller to stand behind that quality. Tha...

The purchase or sale of most businesses will involve transferring intellectual property ("IP") rights - i.e., patents, trademarks, servic...

Are contracts a valuable asset of the business you are buying or selling? If so, you need to make sure those contacts can be transferred ...

I get it. You probably have a degree or two. You've probably looked at a lot of contracts in your career. You probably write well. It's e...

A limited liability company (LLC) should be the default choice when you are thinking about starting a business, entering a joint venture,...