Every entrepreneur at one time or another has probably sat around the dinning room table presenting his or her brilliant business concept to an uncle, college buddy or colleague hoping to fineness a ...

Everyone likes to collect the money owed to them. This is why banks use promissory notes when extending you a mortgage or car loan. The promissory note is basically an "I Owe You" with an official ...

You have to spend money to make money, as the old saying goes. But sometimes you have to borrow money to spend money, too. “It’s really the most important legal document that establishes the ...

Benjamin N. Feder, associate, Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman, Chicago, Ill. A common estate planning strategy is the sale of assets to a defective grantor trust. Generally speaking, the grantor ...