Vendors and other independent contractors should be covered by Commercial General Liability (CGL) and Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) policies, which protect them against the consequences of accidents, errors and omissions, mistakes, and oversights when providing services to clients like you. If they don’t have this coverage (and, in fact, a solid vendor agreement will require […]
Selling a business is much like selling any other big-ticket item. You wouldn’t sell your house, for example, without appropriate renovations, understanding your property value and the market at large, and assembling the right team to facilitate the sale. The same is true with your business. Advisors Assemble! First off, you’ll need to put the […]
If you’re already committed to a full-fledged investigation for employee misconduct, we’ve got you covered on procedure and best practices. But merely suspecting wrongdoing before the investigation phase is a different story. What should an employer do to protect the status quo – and employee interests – when an issue arises? Do Your Background Research […]
Good work culture tops most employees’ wishlists (and most employers’, too), increasingly so in a time when employers must compete with remote jobs, freelancing, and other worker-centric setups. Company social events like holiday parties can promote a winning work culture. But mixing business with pleasure comes with risks: successful company events invite an element of […]
Imagine the scenario: you own several pieces of real estate, and rent the properties out for income. Things are going well and you’ve set up an LLC or corporation as a holding company. You’re good at what you do, self-sufficient, including handling tenant disputes. You’ve filed and either won or settled upwards of a dozen […]
As it turns out, there is some truth to the old cliché that contracts are made to be broken. But not all contracts, and not all the time. The law recognizes that sometimes the ability to cancel a contract works in the public interest: sometimes a consumer buys a good or service in high pressure, […]
Employment at will – the right to terminate a work relationship for any reason or no reason at all – is a state law concept structured to give both businesses and workers flexibility and mobility in the workforce. From an employer’s perspective, employment at will gives great latitude to how businesses manage staff: from seasonal […]
Over the last three years, two personal injury cases on divergent courses made national news. In Pennsylvania, 63-year-old Patricia Evans fractured her wrist while doing “suicide runs” – a set of intense agility movements – under the direction of an LA Fitness personal trainer. In Missouri, Jonas Barrish damaged a spinal disc when he disregarded […]
For content developers – including marketers for your more standard goods and service providers – huge opportunities for content creation exist in public space, from community events to newsworthy stories on public figures. But what counts as “public”? And do individuals, private businesses, and even the government have rights in this space? You (and your […]
Company searches of employee space and property are sometimes necessary to preserve safety, workplace confidentiality, and other important company policies. Employers often wonder what is fair game for a search if they suspect something is amiss, or if they want to be proactive about policy enforcement. The answer is, inevitably, “it depends.” In this article, […]
