http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Melissa+Gordon Legal Melissa Gordon Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=402041&ca=Legal OK, the question is one that even thinking about answering makes you feel a little bit morally compromised. If speaking to a close friend, who really would be better off getting divorced, you might with a heavy heart tell them – in seriously conciliatory language – that maybe, yes, they would be bes... Legal Melissa Gordon Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=400936&ca=Legal Incorporation has existed as a business practice for some time now, and despite some challenge from the creation of the Limited Liability Company legislation it is still a highly popular way of creating a company identity. Setting up as a corporation allows a business to operate with a great deal mo... Legal Melissa Gordon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=399135&ca=Legal An LLC, or Limited Liability Company, is emerging as an alternative way of doing things for people who want to set up in business and avoid some of the legal and fiscal hassles inherent in the other ways of doing it. It has become more popular in recent years due to the protection is gives to partne... Legal Melissa Gordon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=399618&ca=Legal The term “LLC” is short for “Limited Liability Company” and not, as some people erroneously presume, Limited Liability Corporation. In fact, an LLC is set up specifically by business members who wish to avoid the limitations that incorporation would place upon their business. The term, then, clearly... Legal Melissa Gordon Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=398223&ca=Legal There is some confusion between what constitutes an LLC and what constitutes a corporation – indeed this exists to the point where many people still erroneously refer to an LLC as a “Limited Liability Corporation” where the “C” actually stands for “company”. There are close similarities between a co... Legal Melissa Gordon Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=396838&ca=Legal Bankruptcy is a situation that could not be considered desirable by anyone who has experienced the emotional roller coaster that precedes it. There is a lot of work involved in filing for bankruptcy correctly, and anyone taking a half-hearted approach to this work may well find that, even after bein... Legal Melissa Gordon Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=395423&ca=Legal There are many good reasons for forming a corporation, if you are minded to do so. People tend to believe that a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company are all but interchangeable, and in many ways they are not too far wide of the mark. However, there are differences between the two, and it is... Legal Melissa Gordon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=395256&ca=Legal Although the LLC in itself was founded in the United States, the brainchild for this idea was actually first raised elsewhere. There are new elements in the actual letter of what makes an LLC, but the first seed of the idea came from the German business concept of a GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkt... Legal Melissa Gordon Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=386876&ca=Legal Wherever you go in the world, finance is a language that is spoken fluently by some, and a completely indecipherable one for others. There is such a wide range of topics connected with finance that a strong command of rules, regulations and options coupled with an ability to recognize money-making o... Legal Melissa Gordon Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=386877&ca=Legal Trusts can be divided into any number of different kinds, but in many cases people divide them into two types; the fixed trust and the discretionary trust. In a fixed trust, the beneficiaries and the amounts to be paid to them are decided in advance and specified by the testator as part of the text...