DPS Legal Counsel
Helping health professionals and entrepreneurs navigate the business of healthcare and the business of business
DPS Legal Counsel protects the business, regulatory, contract, transactional, intellectual property, compliance, and tax interests of health practices and small businesses from initial formation through founder retirement and practice/business succession
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Doctors and Dentists in Solo Medical or Dental Practices Need to be Proactive in their Business Succession Planning
What Tennessee Physicians Need to Know about Non-Compete Clauses in their Employment Agreements
Buy-Sell Agreements: What they are and why every multi-owner medical practice absolutely needs to have one
How to pick a great and distinctive trademark for your business?
If you're in the process of picking a flagship trademark for your business or professional practice, then you need to understand the degrees of distinctiveness of various types of trademarks and why that is important to you and your business. Watch today's video...
4 Key Actions Doctors Need to Take Right Now to Avoid a Possible Employment Law Problem with a Fired Employee
What Online Businesses Need to Know about Economic Nexus and State Sales Tax Compliance
Online e-commerce businesses offer many advantages to their owners, especially in the unusual times in which we find ourselves. And with a record number of Americans looking for new ways to make a living, one can look for many, many people to consider entrepreneurship...
How to Avoid Big Problems When the Owner of a Single-Member LLC Dies: Review the Operating Agreement NOW!
Many businesses are LLCs that are owned by a single person. Single-member LLCs offer a lot of operational benefits to their owners, but what happens when the business dies? Unless the business owner is proactive and makes sure that the LLC's operating agreement...
How Businesses Can Lose Trademark Rights through Licenses that Do Not Include Quality Control
Some of a small business's most valuable assets are its intellectual property, including its trademarks. But careless trademark licensing can put a business's trademarks at risk. Without a proper measure of quality control over the goods and services sold by a...
How Doctors and Dentists Should (and Should NOT) Respond to Negative Online Patient Reviews
What should a health professional do when he or she gets an online review of the practice is negative and damaging to the practice's reputation? More and more prospective patients check out online reviews before deciding on which doctor or dentist to see for their...
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About the Consumer Review Fairness Act
Today I want to talk about one aspect of operating a modern business and that is making sure that you are not out of compliance with federal law with respect to online reviews. There is a federal statute called the Consumer Review Fairness Act, which came into law in...