Posts by Philip Krause
Philip Krause to Teach Negotiating Principles to Kansas City Lawyers
Philip Krause will again be teaching on the subject of “Principles for Deal Negotiations,” this time in two “CLE By The Hour” seminars for area lawyers, presented by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, on June 23, 2015 (at the KCMBA headquarters), and June 30, 2015 (at Johnson County Community College). This will be a…
Read MorePhilip Krause to Judge Big Data Deflate-Gate Hackathon
Philip Krause will serve as the judge for a mock trial “hackathon” to be presented by the Kansas City Big Data Group. The mock trial, styled as Indianapolis Colts v. New England Patriots, will be held June 3, 2015, at the Downtown Kansas City headquarters building for DST Systems. In the trial each party will…
Read MoreKrause Law Sponsoring Inaugural Make48 in Kansas City
Krause Law is excited to be sponsoring the inaugural “Make48,” which is a unique new “invent-a-thon” event being held today (April 17) and throughout this upcoming weekend at Kansas City’s Union Station. After hearing from a distinguished array of speakers today and then receiving a late-afternoon challenge to create a specific new product idea, teams…
Read MoreCommonly Overlooked Issues in Confidentiality Agreements
At least once a week we receive a request from a client to either prepare or review a non-disclosure agreement. The client often explains, “All we need is a boiler plate document, nothing special, so just use one of your standard forms,” or “This all looks pretty standard to us.” At Krause Law we believe…
Read MoreBest Practices in Selecting Legal Counsel Part 6: Conclusion (Or, Using Legal Counsel)
Perhaps it’s an obvious point, but once a client selects the right legal counsel for their business, then the client also needs to do a great job in using legal counsel. Yet, clients often fail to get the best results from the legal counsel they chose by not knowing how best to use them. Here…
Read MorePhilip Krause to Speak to E-Scholars at UMKC’s Regnier Institute
Philip Krause will be speaking at the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, on February 28, 2015. He will be presenting two topics to the Regnier Institute’s “e-scholar” students: “Exempt Offering Guidelines” for private placement offerings to raise investment funding for new and emerging companies; and “Principles…
Read MorePhilip Krause to Judge 2015 Midwestern Regional Transactional LawMeet
Philip Krause has been invited once again, for the fourth year, to serve as a competition judge for the 2015 Midwestern Regional Transactional LawMeet to be hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law on February 27, 2015. This unique educational event allows law students to develop their practical skills by competing against…
Read MoreTop 5 Cities Worldwide for Entrepreneurs?
Kansas City is honored of course to be ranked in the top five cities in the world for entrepreneurs, according to a just-published article in the Kansas City Business Journal. The evaluation factors are interesting, and one wonders whether they talked to entrepreneurs themselves, or mostly to city politicians, administrators and staff. Krause Law agrees…
Read MoreBest Practices in Selecting Legal Counsel Part 5: Think Long Term
All too often a client selects a lawyer primarily based on what the client needs “right now” and not “from here on.” For example, a start-up client will often ask a lawyer what it would cost to draft an operating agreement for a limited liability company, looking for a fixed price, and perhaps shopping for…
Read MoreBest Practices in Selecting Legal Counsel Part 4: Know the Fee Arrangement
One of the most common reasons for complaints being filed against lawyers with their governing professional boards is a dispute over a fee arrangement. Unfortunately, lawyers often fail to provide appropriate clarity on what fee arrangement the client should expect. An attorney-client fee agreement should always be in writing. An exchange of e-mails is certainly…
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