The Law Every Business Needs to Know About – How Marketing Missteps Can Lead to Million Dollar Penalties

The Law Every Business Needs to Know About – How Marketing Missteps Can Lead to Million Dollar Penalties

If you want to avoid your business or employer getting slugged millions of dollars in fines and potentially even more costly brand damage through bad publicity, you must understand Australia’s misleading and deceptive conduct laws. Let’s start by looking at an...

Are You Asking the Right Questions About Your Obligations in a Joint Venture?

Do you know the difference between a joint venture and a business partnership? WE HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE about what makes joint ventures successful. Indeed, joint ventures are an appealing way to start a business because they enable two or more parties to create a...

Are Customers Legally Obligated to Pay You?

Want to get paid? Have a contract in place! THERE ARE PLENTY of risks to operating your own business, but the largest ongoing one is making certain that your customers pay you, and do so on time. This is known as debt or credit management. Each state has their own set...
Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

When you’re starting a new business, it’s important that you have a good grasp of the law to ensure you don’t find yourself in hot water later on down the track. We cover general and intellectual property law in our Small Business Management course, and we’ve also...
That’s a Deal Breaker! Common Business Clauses

That’s a Deal Breaker! Common Business Clauses

In our last post we talked about the various different kinds of legal agreements you may come across when you’re in business. It’s important that every business owner properly understands the legal contracts they’re entering into, which is why we cover general law in...