

Jack’s Law Library
- Jack's Law Library
- Book by Jack A. Garson
- Business Transactions
- Construction
- Employment
- Estate Planning
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- The Start-up Center
Welcome to Jack's Law Library, where you will find a variety of articles authored by Jack Garson.
While these articles certainly don’t take the place of legal advice from our attorneys, they do offer you additional insight and supplement the education we strive to impart as we seek to empower our clients.
Toward that end, we also recommend Jack’s book, How to Build a Business and Sell it for Millions (from St. Martin’s Press), as well as his articles in the influential Huffington Post, for which he is a featured contributor on news-making business topics.
Previously, Jack wrote “The Legal Edge”, a monthly law column for SmartCEO, a leading business magazine in the Washington, D.C., region. Jack’s many published insights have led to interviews and profiles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and Washington Business Journal.
Please use the navigation menu to browse Jack's Law Library by category.
Please use the navigation menu to browse Jack's Law Library by category.
How to Build a Business and Sell it for Millions by Jack A. Garson
Jack Garson says the long economic downturn will give way to a major buying spree by cash-rich companies—and they could be in the market to purchase your small or medium-sized business. It’s the ultimate payday for everyone who wants to live the American dream, whether they’re starting a business or already own one. Millions of dollars are on the table. But will you and your business be ready?

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Business Transactions
- 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Hotel Gets Paid
- Accidental Crook: A Guide to Handling Almost Any Legal Snafu, The Huffington Post
- Beware The Claw-backs, SmartCEO Magazine
- Big Brother, SmartCEO Magazine
- Contracting Gone Wild, SmartCEO Magazine
- Contract Roulette: The Top Five Agreements That Get Businesspeople In Trouble, Forbes
- Data Duties, SmartCEO Magazine
- Desperate Measures: The Disastrous Consequences of Business Shortcuts, SmartCEO Magazine
- Don’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer: Tips for Going Straight to the Top to Resolve Problems, The Huffington Post
- Email Rules, the HuffPost
- Employee Equity, The Huffington Post
- Entrepreneur Sickness: The Five Screwups Of Startups
- Five Hidden Company Killers, The Huffington Post
- Five Legal Myths That Can Cost You a Fortune, The Huffington Post
- Franchise Club, SmartCEO Magazine
- To Get Paid, Get Tough
- Get Vendor Agreement in Writing Before the Worst Happens, Hotel Management magazine
- Group Contract Catastrophes, Hotel Management Magazine
- Handcuffs or Rocket Booster? Crafting Joint Venture Agreements that Launch Your Business Forward, The Huffington Post
- Hit by the Bus, SmartCEO Magazine
- How To Be An Influencer And Not Get Sued, Forbes
- How to Build the $100 Million Business
- I Got You Covered: Ensuring Your Business Has Insurance When You Need It, The Huffington Post
- Jumpstarting Growth, SmartCEO Magazine
- Killer Contract Clauses – Creating a Winning Contract, The Huffington Post
- My Lawyer, My Friend: A CEO’s Guide to Working with an Attorney, The Huffington Post and SmartCEO Magazine
- On the Edge: How to Establish and Protect Your Competitive Advantage
- Pick Your Partners, SmartCEO Magazine
- Protect Your Bargains, SmartCEO Magazine
- Read the Contract: I Rushed, I Signed, I Regretted, The Huffington Post
- Riches to Rags: The Bungee-Jumping Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post
- Selling Your Business Later: 5 Must-Do’s Now, Forbes
- Shark or Bait? At Risk in the Shark Tank
- Show Me the Money, SmartCEO Magazine
- Surviving The Coming Recession: A Letter To Young Entrepreneurs, Forbes
- Talking with Steve Monroe: Recessionary Counsel
- The New Norm: Crazy Contracts and How to Fight Back, The Huffington Post
- The One Page Contract
- Think Before You Type, SmartCEO Magazine
- Timing is Everything, SmartCEO Magazine
- Urban Legends of the Law
- What Amazon And You Need In A New Lease
- When the Best Deal Is No Deal
- When to Pull the Plug on Your Business, The Huffington Post
- Who Is Responsible When Robots Kill?, Forbes
- Why Business Partnerships Go Bad, The Huffington Post
- You’re Building a Business — But Can You Sell It?, The Huffington Post
Construction
- A Developer’s Life: Not What It Used To Be
- Avoid Money Pits Before Sinking Cash into a Property
- Commercial Real Estate in 2014: Taking Down the Cranes
- Construction Success
- Contractor vs. Employee, SmartCEO Magazine
- Contract Roulette: The Top Five Agreements That Get Businesspeople In Trouble, Forbes
- In the Spotlight: Beware of Lease Disputes in a Declining Market
- In the Spotlight: Construction of Improvements to Premises
- In the Spotlight: Planning for Redevelopment
- Mall Renovations: The Price of Beauty
- Proactive Regulation
- Nailing the Lease: Tenants Enjoying the Ride
- The Top Five Ways To Ruin Your Contracts, Forbes
Employment
- Are You Pregnant, SmartCEO Magazine
- Beware The Claw-backs, SmartCEO Magazine
- Big Brother, SmartCEO Magazine
- Brave New Whorl, SmartCEO Magazine
- Business Smarts: Poster Perfect
- Contractor vs. Employee, SmartCEO Magazine
- Driven to Distraction, SmartCEO Magazine
- Employee Equity, The Huffington Post
- Five Hidden Company Killers, The Huffington Post
- Get Vendor Agreement in Writing Before the Worst Happens, Hotel Management magazine
- Gig Businesses Face Tug Of War Over New Employment Laws, Forbes
- How to Get Sued by Your Employees — Let Me Count the Ways, The Huffington Post
- I Got You Covered: Ensuring You Have Insurance When You Need It, The Huffington Post
- Interviewing Do’s and Disasters, The Huffington Post
- New Marijuana Laws Blitz Old Workplace Rules, Forbes
- New Media, New Rules, SmartCEO Magazine
- Sub or Scrub: Why to Keep a Close Eye on Your Contractors, The Huffington Post
- Survivor: The Noncompete Challenge, Forbes
- Viewpoint: Employment Law Run Amok, Washington Business Journal
- Wage Law Woes, SmartCEO Magazine
- When 401(k)s Attack, SmartCEO Magazine
Estate Planning
- 2019 Estate and Gift Tax Changes Create Good News-Bad News Scenarios
- Asset Protection For The Successful Entrepreneur, Forbes
- Assets in a Headlock, SmartCEO Magazine
- Guiding Your Clients To Estate Planning
- Your 18-Year Old is Legally an Adult – Are You Ready?
Estate Planning
- 2019 Estate and Gift Tax Changes Create Good News-Bad News Scenarios
- Asset Protection For The Successful Entrepreneur, Forbes
- Assets in a Headlock, SmartCEO Magazine
- Guiding Your Clients To Estate Planning
- Your 18-Year Old is Legally an Adult – Are You Ready?
Estate Planning
- 2019 Estate and Gift Tax Changes Create Good News-Bad News Scenarios
- Asset Protection For The Successful Entrepreneur, Forbes
- Assets in a Headlock, SmartCEO Magazine
- Guiding Your Clients To Estate Planning
- Your 18-Year Old is Legally an Adult – Are You Ready?
Real Estate Articles
- A Developer’s Life: Not What It Used To Be
- Avoid Money Pits Before Sinking Cash into a Property
- Ball and Chain, SmartCEO Magazine
- Be Prepared: Bad Tenants Happen to Good Landlords
- Commercial Real Estate in 2014: Taking Down the Cranes
- Customizing Your Lease: One Size Fits All?
- For Tenants That May Expand Later, There Are Options
- For Tenants, What You Know Before You Negotiate is Key
- How to Get a Lower Rent
- How to Get Out of a Bad Lease, The Huffington Post
- In the Spotlight: Assignment and Subletting Provisions Rock Your World
- In the Spotlight: Beware of Lease Disputes in a Declining Market
- In the Spotlight: Beware of Real Estate ‘Icebergs’
- In the Spotlight: But for an Option, the Kingdom Was Lost
- In the Spotlight: ‘Da Insurance Code’
- In the Spotlight: Lease Commencement: Getting the Ball Rolling
- In the Spotlight: Navigating the CAM Minefield
- In the Spotlight: Planning for Redevelopment
- In the Spotlight: The Bad Broker Provision
- In the Spotlight: Unenforceable Lease Provisions
- In Selling a Building Don’t Let a Big Payday Slip Out the Door
- Keeping it Real: Tenants Start Enjoying the Ride Again
- Key to a Good Lease is not in the Deal, but in the Details
- Mall Renovations: The Price of Beauty
- Nailing the Lease: Tenants Enjoying the Ride
- Renter Prepare: What Went Down May Be Going Up
- The Myth of the National Credit Tenant
- The Perils of Exclusivity
- The Simple Use Clause: Complex Problems Caused by a Simple Provision
- To Buy or Not to Buy, SmartCEO Magazine
- You May Feel Trapped in a Lease, But Escape Routes Exist
- You’re Ready to Sell Your Firm, But is Your Lease Ready?
The Start-up Center
- Accidental Crook: A Guide to Handling Almost Any Legal Snafu, The Huffington Post
- Contractor vs. Employee, SmartCEO Magazine
- Data Duties, SmartCEO Magazine
- Five Hidden Company Killers, The Huffington Post
- Franchise Club, SmartCEO Magazine
- To Get Paid, Get Tough
- Handcuffs or Rocket Booster? Crafting Joint Venture Agreements that Launch Your Business Forward, The Huffington Post
- Hit by the Bus, SmartCEO Magazine
- How to Build the $100 Million Business
- How to Get Sued by Your Employees — Let Me Count the Ways, The Huffington Post
- I Got You Covered: Ensuring Your Business Has Insurance When You Need It, The Huffington Post
- Interviewing Do’s and Disasters, The Huffington Post
- Jumpstarting Growth, SmartCEO Magazine
- Killer Contract Clauses – Creating a Winning Contract, The Huffington Post
- My Lawyer, My Friend: A CEO’s Guide to Working with an Attorney, The Huffington Post and SmartCEO Magazine
- On the Edge: How to Establish and Protect Your Competitive Advantage, SmartCEO Magazine
- Pick Your Partners, SmartCEO Magazine
- Read the Contract: I Rushed, I Signed, I Regretted, The Huffington Post
- Riches to Rags: The Bungee-Jumping Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post
- Shark or Bait? At Risk in the Shark Tank
- Show Me the Money, SmartCEO Magazine
- The New Norm: Crazy Contracts and How to Fight Back, The Huffington Post
- Think Before You Type, SmartCEO Magazine
- Why Business Partnerships Go Bad, The Huffington Post
- You’re Building a Business — But Can You Sell It?, The Huffington Post
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