Practice Areas
Business Law
- Commercial Law
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Commercial law deals with the rights, relationships and conduct of businesses engaged in the buying and selling of goods and services. Commercial transactions occur in stores, on the Internet, and over the telephone. This area of law has many sub-areas which have their own unique rules and regulations (such as secured transactions).
« Back To Practice Areas - Corporate Law
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Corporate law has many different aspects, but the primary focus is the planning, formation, organization, and operation of business entities and the relationships between them. Business entities recognized under South Dakota law include partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. Other aspects of corporate law include the purchase and sale of a business, together with the admission or exit of owners of the business.
« Back To Practice Areas - Banking
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Banks are regulated by many detailed and highly complex state and federal regulations which protect both the banks and their customers. These laws are complex and there is no substitute for sound legal guidance.
« Back To Practice Areas - Creditor Rights
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The law provides certain rights to those who lend money (creditors) or to those who are awarded damages in a lawsuit. The collection of a debt, enforcement of a judgment, the "claim and delivery" of personal property, security agreements, foreclosures, garnishment, and bankruptcy are all aspects of creditor rights.
« Back To Practice Areas - Tax Law
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Businesses are taxed at the city, county, state and federal levels. Common business tax issues involve tax audits, calculating the amount of certain business taxes, determining whether a tax applies to a proposed transaction, planning to minimize tax liability, deferral of taxes, and communication with government authorities.
« Back To Practice Areas - Antitrust
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Antitrust laws protect businesses and consumers from unfair competition, illegal pricing schemes, monopolies, and the unlawful restraint of trade. This complex area of the law involves state and federal statutes, regulations and case law.
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