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Welcome to the Kaltz Coulombe Law blog, your go-to resource for insightful legal perspectives, industry trends, and practical tips. Our team of legal experts shares their expertise and experiences to keep you informed and empowered.
Advantages of Ladybird Deeds
A Ladybird deed (also referred to as an Enhanced Life Estate) is a unique method of transferring real property via a warranty deed or a quitclaim deed to a contingent grantee that reserves a life estate, and the lifetime power to convey the property and...
Five Easy Steps to Protect Payment on Private Projects
STEP 1: REQUEST THE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OR THE BOND the clocks start on subcontractors’ and supplier’s deadlines to serve their Notice of Furnishing once the Notice of Commencement is recorded, posted, or provided. Subcontractors/suppliers should serve their...
Questions to Ask Yourself When Forming a New Business
Are you trying to save money by relying on an online provider to help set up your business? Here are four questions to help you see why every entrepreneur needs an attorney: Are you a corporation, partnership, or LLC? A lawyer...
Exit Planning
Exiting your business? As family business succession planning advisors, our firm’s goal is to help owners of small and mid-sized businesses realize more value when they decide to sell or transfer their companies. It’s a fact that businesses that are transition...
Don’t Be Tricked During Due Diligence
The investigation or “due diligence” period is a very intimate experience for business owners because a stranger will be deliberately trying to find the flaws in the company you spent your life building. Yet, through all this poking and prodding, you will have to...
Beware of Consequential and Liquidated Damages
Consequential damages and liquidated damages generate more conflict than almost any other issue in contract law. For starters, they are unpleasant subjects: they concern the cost of a broken agreement. It is common for parties not to want to address the unpleasant...
