Practical Legal Insights for Small Business to Avoid Court

(Newswire.net — September 14, 2018) Orem, UT — Dana Ball is a former litigation attorney who used to sue businesses. Today, she helps small business owners avoid ending up in court. “Most small business owners did not start their business with any intention of being involved in a messy lawsuit. But, it will happen at least once for all business owners if not more than once,” explains Dana Ball during her initial live broadcast on August 24, 2018.  

Small businesses are more important than they are given credit for. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses create many more jobs than large businesses and comprise 99.7% of the workforce in the U.S. We need small businesses to take control of their day-to-day operations to stay alive and stay out of trouble.  

Dana told her audience that, “unfortunately, every business owner should operate as if anyone will sue them.” She asks how a small business can survive a $150k lawsuit lasting 2-3 years? She explained that business owners cannot control that one person who wants to sue. However, business owners can control how they run their business and make it very difficult for any legal action to be successful. She plans to dive into how business owners who care about their business must be prepared if they want to avoid:  

• Misunderstandings with clients, customers, sub-contractors, or employees
• Mistakes with setting up their business
• Pitfalls if things fall apart with a business partner
• Blunders with hiring, onboarding, evaluating, and terminating employees

Last week, Dana discussed how documenting important conversations or events could prevent misunderstandings. And yes, even busy business owners can find the time to document! In fact, documenting can be handled quickly by using the technology we use daily: email and text messaging. Start protecting your business and join Dana for another live broadcast for practical legal insights on Friday, September 14 at 8:30 a.m.