Employment Issues
February 12, 2023

- by Seema Mir, JD, MSIR

As we move into February, many people have already forgotten their New Year’s Resolutions.  Here are some business resolutions worth keeping for companies interested in hitting the reset button on shoddy human resources systems, those already focused on compliance and risk avoidance, and all the companies in between with countless variations of workforce operations.  Oftentimes as companies grow, the focus remains on financials and satisfying immediate customer...

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Website Issues
October 10, 2022

- By April Slokan Oliverio, Esq.

In our last blog post we discussed Terms of Service Agreements. In this second part of the two part series on protecting your website from liability, we provide business owners with what they need to know about Privacy Policies. What is a Privacy Policy? A Privacy Policy is a fine-tuned version of the Terms of Service Agreement that sets out how the website owner will collect, use, and...

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Website Issues
October 4, 2022

- By April Slokan Oliverio, Esq.

While certainly the most boring part of a website, a well crafted Terms of Service Agreement and Privacy Policy can be critical in protecting a website owner from liability.  Both the Terms of Service Agreement and Privacy Policy should be tailored to the type of business being operated.  However, the general theme of both the Terms of Service Agreement and Privacy Policy is to set forth...

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Employment Issues
September 12, 2022

- By Jacquelyn Jordon Core, JD, PhD, Michael T. Voytek, Esq.

Especially in the post-COVID environment, attracting and retaining great employees has become a priority for most employers.  Many owners find themselves struggling with the idea of parting with precious equity in their business in an effort to hold on to their best talent, not realizing that there are other options available.  A phantom equity plan may be one such option. Phantom equity is essentially a type of...

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General Counsel Considerations
February 5, 2022

- By Jacquelyn Jordon Core, JD, PhD, Michael T. Voytek, and April Slokan Oliverio

Many entrepreneurs have a dream of owning a big company. While big companies are fantastic (especially for the ego in some cases), there are advantages to owning multiple smaller companies instead. If, as an entrepreneur with many great ideas, you are inclined to build a large company by agglomerating multiple diverse ventures, here are five reasons to consider a holding company that owns separate business ventures. Asset...

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