The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on the final public draft of Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, Special Publication (SP)800-53, Revision 4. The document, two years in the making, is the latest revision to a document that is considered the principal catalog of security safeguards and...Read More

Ever wondered how to register for government contracting?  Federal, state and local governments offer businesses the opportunity to sell billions of dollars worth of products and services. Many government agencies require that some percentage of their procurements be set aside for small businesses. Once you have classified your company based on the established size standards, you...Read More

SBA Small Business?      You may take it for granted that your company is a “small business.” The distinction is important if you wish to register for government contracting as a small business. Once you register as a government contractor, you must adhere to industry size standards established by the U.S. Small Business Administration....Read More

President Obama recently signed the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which appropriates funds for military activities of the Department of Defense and other national security programs. You may be asking yourself, “Why does this matter”  Well, if you’re a small business and are doing business with the government, the NDAA includes a...Read More

Cybersecurity is a sprawling topic that includes national, international, government, and private industry dimensions. More than 40 bills and resolutions with provisions related to cybersecurity have been introduced in the first session of the 112th Congress, including several proposing revisions to current laws. In the 111th Congress, the total was more than 60. Several of...Read More

[frame src=”http://dondiwestlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/business-legal-services.jpg” width=”IMAGE_WIDTH” height=”IMAGE_HEIGHT” lightbox=”on” title=”IMAGE_TITLE” align=”left” ] Forming a Maryland business, or creating an entity for an existing business, is a complex series of tasks that require expert legal advice.  Our firm is trained to ask the right questions of the business owner(s) to ensure entity is properly created and/or the existing business is...Read More

Landlord  Unusual entity or capacity (manager or agent signing)? Represent that is authorized. Premises Address of building, square footage and exhibit attached showing space? Right to re-measure?  By Landlord or by Tenant? Does pro-rata share adjust? Any parking ratio guarantee or certain number of reserved spaces? Signs May Tenant erect any signs?  Where?  Specs? What...Read More

When starting up a business, there are some important legal matters that you’ll have to deal with, no matter how much you’d love to just dive in and get started. However, if you neglect these legal steps, you’re going to find that maintaining the business down the road becomes much more difficult, and in some...Read More

DONWEST Legal, LLC offers clients a full range of legal services related to the creation, ownership and governance of the different legal entities under which their businesses may operate.  Maryland Business entities comes in so many types that business owners can easily get confused. Here’s a quick guide that will hopefully shed a little light...Read More