Legal Foundations Every Florida Business Owner Should Know

Event description

Florida business owners face legal issues from the first day they choose a name, form an entity, sign a contract, hire help, or resolve a dispute. This SCORE webinar will help attendees identify common legal risks early and understand practical steps they can take to build a stronger legal foundation for their businesses. Topics include entity choice, governance documents, contract terms, intellectual property, worker classification, restrictive covenants, dispute resolution, and a 30-day legal health check.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the difference between forming a Florida entity and operating with complete legal documents.
• Identify the governance documents and records that reduce owner disputes.
• Recognize essential contract terms that protect payment, scope, termination, venue, fees, confidentiality, and ownership.
• Distinguish basic trademark, copyright, work-product, and trade secret issues.
• Spot common employee, contractor, E-Verify, workers’ compensation, and restrictive-covenant issues.
• Evaluate whether negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation best fits a business dispute.
• Leave with a practical 30-day legal health check.