4 Ways to Cover Your Ass Legally as a Business Owner

Client not paying? Sometimes, it's best to sidestep a lawsuit by first sending a 'demand letter' written on your lawyer's stationery. By Han - Gwon Lung Recently, I related to Entrepreneur readers how awful 2018 was for my business: ups and downs, mostly downs: My business partner Dan Foley and I were taken on a veritable rollercoaster ride of big…

August 8, 20190Comments

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5 Legal Tips for Small Businesses and Startups

By Eyal Lifshitz The economy today is moving faster than ever. Given the ubiquity of cloud-based solutions in the market, relatively low barriers to entry and a surplus of capital available to aspiring entrepreneurs, full speed ahead is your only choice. Anything slower, and someone else will pass you. Related: 10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Small-Business…

July 30, 20190Comments

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ACCI holds Expo on Housing, Building Materials

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and Shelter Aid Organisation will hold an investment expo in Abuja to promote local production of building materials, affordable housing and skilled workforce in the housing sector. Speaking on the planned expo, the Vice President in charge of commerce for ACCI, Dr Johnson Anene, said the expo…

July 26, 2019155Comments

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TAXATION IN NIGERIA

The collection of taxes in Nigeria is three–tiered; Federal, State and Local Governments. At each tier of government, there is an authority with powers to collect the relevant taxes; the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) at the federal level, State Inland Revenue Service (SIRS) across the 36 states and the local government tax authority for…

July 25, 20195Comments

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BAZE University appoints Adetokunbo Kayode Network of African Students Entrepreneurship club Patron

A country with a healthy youth population gives an indication of overall development and progress. Likewise, youth entrepreneurship in any society is a sign of progress. It has an impact on social as well as cultural and economic progress of the society. Undeniably, the need to create value in the lives of our youths has given…

July 10, 20190Comments

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As Mayer Brown, Orrick Oust Partners, Signs of a Post-#MeToo Standard

While law firms once had economic incentives to keep allegations of misconduct quiet, the same incentives now push them to take bolder action. By Dan Packel In a span of two weeks earlier this month, both Mayer Brown and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe showed the door to partners over what the firms described as inappropriate…

April 1, 20190Comments

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Global firms study an unpredictable market in South Korea

The government’s 2016 decision to pull back from a full-market liberalization raised many eyebrows, especially among the global firms intending to practice Korean law. By Anna Zhang, The Asian Lawyer International law firms are facing a South Korean market clouded by uncertainty. Seven years into the country’s legal market liberalization, global firms still lack clarity…

April 1, 20190Comments

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Business Made Easy – CAC

With determination, there is really nothing you cannot achieve. For us in CAC, we are encouraged to even do more because we’ve lifted Nigeria up on the global index of ease of doing business in the sense that Nigeria’s rating has really gone up.” That was the rousing remark made by Acting Registrar-General (CAC), Lady…

August 12, 201877Comments

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Towards Encouraging Indigenous Manufacturing Companies

Our Correspondent reflects on the problems that combined to force some indigenous manufacturers to close shop, and writes that those manufacturing outfits which weathered the storm to remain afloat should be given maximum encouragement to serve the needs of the society. He heaved a sigh of relief when Kaduna Textile Limited (KTL), the country’s first…

December 29, 2017105Comments

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