TEMPE ARIZONA BUSINESS LAW BLOG

When you're an entrepreneur, the world is full of potential business partners. It's incredibly easy to get caught up in the energy and ideas that can start flowing when creative folks get together and start talking business.However, you need to take a big step back...

As a landlord, few things are worse than a tenant that doesn’t pay rent. It can take an immediate bite out of your income, while also requiring you to pepper them with reminders about what they owe.In some circumstances, a landlord may even be tempted to utilize...

Freedom Debt Relief, which has a major office located in Tempe, has agreed to pay $20 million in restitution and a $5 million fine. The restitution will go to the consumers who were improperly charged fees for services they never received. The $5 million fine will go...

Like most of the rest of the nation, Arizona's real estate market suffered when the property bubble burst in 2008. Slightly more than a decade after the Great Recession, however, the real estate market in the state is thriving and expanding again. Investors in the...

Most people don't fully understand the ins and outs of copyright laws -- and that's a big problem when you accidentally impinge on someone else's rights if you're blogging, sharing photos or otherwise using someone else's material for your business.If you make a...

Many families and individuals have suffered financial hardship. For some, their inability to produce a steady income can lead to eviction and homelessness. In Arizona, especially Maricopa County, evictions have become prevalent due to the severe lack of affordable...

A lot of first-time landlords run into trouble with the Fair Housing Act at the very start -- right when they list their property for rent. Many of them may not even realize that they're actually being discriminatory in their ads.If you're a new landlord (or even an...

Copyrights are an essential part of protecting your interests -- especially if you are in a creative industry. Your copyright gives you full control over your original work -- without having to be concerned that someone else will claim it as their own or duplicate it...