Business Law
Confidential Information with Employees at Home
The Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden increase of the number of employees working at home puts even more pressure on your business to protect its proprietary, confidential and trade secret information. Some concerns you should address to protect confidential...
Collection, Use and Storage of Biometric Information
Millions of mobile phone, bank, and investment customers now use fingerprint readers, eye scans, and voice recognition technologies as security and privacy enhancing technologies. This biometric information can provide more security than a password, however, once...
Privacy Law, New Risks for Your Business
The increased interest of governments, consumer organizations and lawyers in privacy issues creates new and emphasizes old risks for your business if it violates the privacy of its customers, employees or third parties. Knowing some of the current areas where your...Illinois Biometric Law Allows Lawsuits Even When Plaintiff Has No Damages
Millions of mobile phone, bank and investment customers now use fingerprint readers, eye scans, and voice recognition technologies as security and privacy enhancing technologies. Biometric information can provide more security than a password, however, once biometric...Incorporate Standard Terms In Your Business Contracts
No matter how many employees, agents, partners or others that have authority to bind your business to purchase or sale contracts, you can still take steps to protect your business by ensuring that all contracts are subject to the same standard terms and conditions...Corporation or Limited Liability Company, Which is Best
The benefits of operating your business as an authorized limited liability entity are numerous, and different for each entity. Selecting the particular entity for your business should be part of your initial planning and discussed with your legal and accounting...Asset Protection for Small Business Owners
If you own or operate a business, one constant concern is insulating your personal and family assets from claims and liabilities that may arise from your business. While it is not always possible to create a complete barrier to keep business creditors from seizing...Protecting Privileged Information
Current legal writing frequently addresses the obligation to preserve and disclose information in lawsuits, but in a recent Illinois Supreme Court opinion, Brunton v. Krueger, attorney Matthew Tibble persuaded the Illinois Supreme Court to not only reaffirm the...
Buying a Business
Whether it’s a franchise, self-standing business or part of an existing business, your legal diligence, along with financial, marketing and other analysis, before your purchase could make or break your business investment. Some of the important legal considerations...
Cybersecurity for Your Business
Legal experts predict that the next wave of litigation against businesses may involve cybersecurity and the failure of businesses to implement pragmatic protections to avoid or minimize the theft of confidential customer information. While insurance may be available...
