Several documents may be required to protect your business's intellectual property, the lack of which may leave your IP assets exposed. This article explains six essential agreements, what types of IP they protect, and why they are critical for...
Your business's social media policy must be careful drafted in accordance with specific labor laws or you risk a wrongful termination claim that may cost your business tens of thousands of dollars. This article outlines some of the basic...
This article briefly identifies a couple of the important documents business owners should be aware of when beginning to hire employees or other workers.
Louis Barr outlines requirements to ensure that severance payments contingent on a release or non-compete comply with tax rules by the end of 2012.
Meira Ferziger, head of Labor & Employment law at SWA, outlines new obligations for United States employers in 2013.
People need to consider trade secrets more and more these days. Is patent protection really what it's cracked up to be? Consider whether you might be better served by protecting your subject matter as a trade secret!
This is the sixth post discussing retaining key employees through different types of benefit compensation. This post discusses the legal and regulatory requirements for companies that choose to compensate their employees through stock. There are...
The fifth in a series on how to retain key employees, and this post discusses the account implications, and affects to Profits & Losses, for issuing stock options, restricted and phantom stocks, and stock appreciation rights. The accounting of...
Article is the fourth in a series exploring techniques to attract and retain important and key employees through the use of profits interests. Profits interests are interests in a Parternership's or LLC's future profits without using existing...
While startups are famous for their collegial atmospheres, it is also important to ensure that the workplace remains professional. This article discusses a few issues entrepreneurs should remain cognizant of in order to ensure that unprofessional...