The terms used to describe statutory and operational positions in businesses often cause confusion and raise issues regarding corporate governance. Before operating your business, joining a board of directors, or serving as an officer, you should have a fundamental...
Recent case reports show that the law is catching up with our use of electronic communications and social media. These rulings generally favor making all such communications available for use in litigation and limiting user privacy protections, and reveal that user...
A legal cottage industry developed as a result of numerous federal and state statutes and regulations regarding telephone, fax, e-mail and other uninvited solicitations to businesses and residences for various products and services. The Seventh Circuit United States...
A friend or relative makes a bequest to a disabled person in their will, hoping to make his life easier, but without proper legal advice that gift may have to be rejected by the recipient to avoid financial loss. A simple modification of the donor’s will could...
One of the major reasons to incorporate your business is to provide your family with the benefit of limited liability; that is, debts of your business do not become your debts or those of your family. But, even if your business is properly incorporated, your failure...
When opening an account, acquiring property, purchasing life insurance or even buying a house, little thought is often given to the method of holding title. Usually it first comes up when the signature card or title papers are presented. Then, with little...
Many employers have been counseled by human resource professionals to create and provide employee handbooks. While the use of employee handbooks may provide substantial benefits for employers, they should also provide maximum flexibility for the employer in the...
