by e-LawLines | Dec 22, 2011 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
Various state and federal laws require employers to display certain posters for the benefit of both employees and customers informing them of key provisions in the law. Required posters pertaining to a broad spectrum of business and industry, including housing and...
by David P. Weiss | Dec 15, 2011 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
Recent news involving the Roberts Brothers and their companies, including the bankruptcy of one of them, centers in part around $800,000.00 in payments transferred from the bankrupt company to other Roberts’ companies. We do not represent the Roberts Companies, nor...
by e-LawLines | Nov 29, 2011 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) The importance of rest and relaxation has been understood for thousands of years, so the general belief that employees who take regular breaks are more productive...
by David P. Weiss | Aug 24, 2011 | Corporate Law, Litigation, Small Business Law
Larger corporations have faced this reality for many years: litigation involving records can be extremely costly, very disruptive and just a pain in the “you-know-what.” Now smaller companies are also experiencing what their larger counterparts have known for some...
by e-LawLines | Aug 5, 2011 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Litigation, Small Business Law
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that an employer’s termination of an employee in response to an oral complaint about working conditions does subject the employer to potential liability for violation...
by David P. Weiss | Mar 28, 2011 | Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Litigation
One of the dreaded documents any business owner faces in a deal is the “personal guaranty.” After all, the business owner went through the steps to incorporate or organize their business just to avoid this personal liability, and now a lender, landlord,...
