Last Tuesday at the King County Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm monthly meeting, I was reminded about the benefits of litigating civil disputes at Washington State’s District Court. District court...
Over the course of my routine internet reading this past week, I came across a large number of blogs and stories regarding the Social Purpose Corporation and some creative ways...
I’m often asked: What’s the difference between a benefit corporation and a B-Corp, are they the same thing? No, these are not the same thing. The benefit corporation is a...
Effective today, Washington will recognize a new corporate entity: the social purpose corporation. You can learn more about this legal structure here and here (or even download the legislation’s text...
Over at her blog Razesquire, Karen Raz asked an interesting question summarized as follows: where in the law does it say that traditional corporations must pursue a duty to maximize...
Here’s a question I often get: should I use an attorney when first form my company, or should I go with a web-based service, or should I do it myself?...
Now that the President has signed the Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups (JOBS) Act (the “ACT“), crowdfunding through the various different crowdfunding sites available, will be a legitimate source of equity...
Now that Governor Christine Gregiore has signed SHB 2239 (the “Legislation”),[1] Washington state has a for-profit business entity to offer the entrepreneur looking to make a social impact: the Social...
“Because government and nonprofits alone are insufficient to solve the world’s most pressing problems . . .” Like Jay Coen Gilbert (one of the founders of B-Labs and the Benefit Corporation)...
Today, the Washington State Senate approved a bill that would establish the Social Purpose Corporation by a vote of 34 to 14 with 1 excused. The bill was passed...