Ask The Business Lawyer

From the Department of Cautionary Tales comes this instructive story from Richard Fox on the Kauffman (sadly, no relation -- not even spelled the same way) Foundation's Entrepreneurship site. 

It's the story of a partnership turned very ugly.  Betrayed by the partner who tried to sell out from under him on the day of his father's funeral, enduring eight years of litigation (how did they afford it when the company was only making $5 million per year?), legislation slithering through the halls of local government . . . it reads like a Scott Turow novel.

Yes, there is a happy ending (hooray!), and Fox points out the valuable lessons he learned as a result of enduring this near-decade-long nightmare.

Thanks to Rush Nigut (again) for pointing me to the story.