As is tradition at the end of another year, business owners and CEOs like to look back and reflect on what we accomplished and set goals or resolutions for the coming new year.
There may be all sorts of marketing, sales, development, and personal goals you want to set for yourself and your business for 2025, but have you considered the legal side of your business?
A new year is the perfect time to assess your current business situation from a legal perspective – making sure you have the right protections in place and are following legal guidelines. If you plan on scaling in 2025, it’s even more important to ensure your business is legally set up and operating and all of your assets are properly protected.
That’s why, as a Charlotte business attorney, I’m sharing 3 legal “resolutions” you may want to consider setting for your business in 2025.
Bring in Fractional General Counsel
If you’re actively growing or scaling your business, you need consistent legal advice. But hiring in-house general counsel is one of the most expensive hiring options you can make.
Enter: Fractional General Counsel.
For a fraction of the cost (see what I did there?), you can have a Charlotte business attorney in your backpocket, ready to answer your questions, draft attorney letters, review your contracts, and do all of those legal tasks that regularly pop up.
Your Fractional General Counsel plan is customized to your specific needs and preferences and offers you one set, stable monthly fee to make budgeting easier than ever.
You’ll get access to specific legal knowledge on a regular basis while also having a direct connection to upgrade to other legal services if the need should occur.
One of the major benefits of working with a Fractional GC is that we are experts at risk mitigation. We can help you see potential problems and make plans to accommodate or solve them before they escalate. You get peace of mind and a smoother business operation without the expense of maintaining full-time General Counsel.
Listen to Your Charlotte Business Attorney and Protect Your Assets
Your intellectual property (IP) is one of the most valuable assets in your business. If you do nothing else to legally support your business in 2025, make sure you are protecting your assets.
IP protection comes in many forms:
Trademark registration
Copyright registration
Licensing agreements
Trademark monitoring
Cease and desist letters
At Kliebert Law, we offer these as standalone services or in conjunction with ongoing Fractional General Counsel support.
When your IP is not actively protected, you run the risk of a competitor stealing your original work and profiting off of it. This can be nearly impossible to stop after it’s happened, so we consider IP and asset protection to be a preventive service.
That means you can’t wait until you have a problem to seek legal support. We can step in at any stage to do what we can, but you’ll get the most protection when you take legal steps to prevent theft or infringement before it happens.
Trademarks, copyrights, and licensing agreements are legal foundations for many businesses. If you’re planning to grow or scale your business, these need to be firmly in place before you hire, expand, or extend your services.
Take Your Privacy Seriously
Nothing changes faster than US privacy law, so this is one area you have to consistently audit, monitor, and stay on top of.
Many states have recently enacted new or stricter consumer privacy laws with different regulations and expectations for small and large businesses. With these changes, and a general desire to remain legally compliant and properly protect your clients’ data – data privacy is the perfect place to trust an attorney.
We offer data protection services that include:
Privacy Policies
Data Processing Agreements
Data Sharing Agreements
U.S. State Privacy Law Compliance
GDPR Compliance
If you have a website for your business, you must have proper privacy policies in place. We highly recommend investing in a legally-drafted and approved custom privacy policy that mitigates the risks of your specific business and website. Templates are not created for your business, so there are often specific risks or terms left out that will leave you open to potential problems.
We can create a custom privacy protection plan for your business and build the legal foundations you need to protect your business and your clients.
Looking for a Charlotte Business Attorney to Help with Your Resolutions?
If your 2025 legal resolution is to get legal help – through Fractional General Counsel or specific one-time services – we are here for you.
Fast-growing businesses turn to Kliebert Law because they know they’ll get the experience, knowledge, and top-notch legal support they need to continue growing and scaling.
You can click here to get in touch with our team and learn more about how we can support you and your business in 2025.
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