You may or may not have heard of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a component of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which takes effect January 1, 2024. This law is, at its heart, an anti-crime law intended to combat… Read More
The Contract Clause Small Businesses Should Never Go Without: Fee-Shifting Provisions
/in Articles, Business, Litigation, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Lia SzaszDid you know the default rule in Colorado is that each party to a lawsuit pays their own attorneys’ fees, no matter who prevails? Colorado law also generally prohibits a non-attorney from representing a company in court, subject to a… Read More
Colorado Limits the Use of Non-Compete Agreements
/in Articles, Employment, Employment, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Tim BryntesonTwenty percent of America’s workforce are subject to some form of a Non-Compete Agreement (Agreement) with their employers. These Agreements have been popular among employers in certain industries but have also been viewed by many as an obstruction to the… Read More
Avoid A Lawsuit – Due Diligence in Business Transactions
/in Articles, Business, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Danielle Palardy
Published in BizWest’s Thought Leader column, February 2022
Businesses regularly enter mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases, stock assignments, and other types of full or partial purchases of another company. Businesses that have executed an agreement for one of these… Read More
What Is ESG and How Will It Fit into the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda?
/in Articles, Environmental, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by John KolanzA version of this article was published in BizWest in January 2021
ESG stands for “Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance,” which represent three criteria for measuring corporate sustainability and social impact. Though it first emerged over a decade ago, it… Read More
Life Insurance and Estate Tax
/in Articles, Business, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Corey MooreAs published in BizWest’s Thought Leader Column June 2022
How do the proceeds of a life insurance policy impact the value of a deceased individual’s estate?
Surprising to many clients, the proceeds of a life insurance policy are included in… Read More
Non-Compete Agreements and Criminal Law: A New Intersection
/in Articles, Business, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Lee MoreheadPublished in BizWest’s Thought Leader Column in May 2022
On March 1, 2022, Colorado became the first state to criminalize the use of illegal non-compete agreements. Any person who knowingly uses an illegal non-compete agreement commits a Class 2 misdemeanor… Read More
Operating Agreements for Single Member LLC’s
/in Articles, Business, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Tim BryntesonPublished in the BizWest Thought Leaders Column in April 2022
Limited liability companies (“LLC’”) are increasingly popular entities under which to operate small businesses and own real estate for rental or development. There is good reason for this as an… Read More
What is PFAS and Why Should I Care?
/in Articles, Business, Litigation, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by John KolanzPublished in the BizWest Thought Leaders Column in March 2022
PFAS is a shorthand reference for a large group of man-made substances (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) often called “forever chemicals” because they do not break down readily in nature. Buyers… Read More
If you are buying property, you may be wondering if you need a survey or what kind of survey to get.
/in Articles, Business, O & B News, Otis & Bedingfield, LLC/by Stacey SheaBy: Stacey Shea – Published in the BizWest Thought Leaders column in January 2022
These are much bigger questions than one might think and vary depending on the situation. A good way to start to answer this question is to… Read More
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