Why are NDA’s important and how can you ensure they are effective?
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Revisions to the Fictitious Name Act clarify the requirements for registering fictitious names in Florida, and modernize the statute to deal with the myriad of types of entities that now exist. Read on the Legal Newsstand on FantettiLegal.com
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As 2018 approaches, year-end projects emerge relating to the termination, formation and conversion of business entities prior to December 31, 2017. People may be stuck in a business they want out of, whether with family, friends, or you took a flyer with an investment opportunity that isn’t working out the way you thought.
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The role of the business owner is always changing. Not only do many business not have an attorney or any form of a legal department, but business owners without legal assistances play the dual role or making business decisions and legal decisions. It is important that a business owner find a lawyer that can understand legal consequences, draft legal documents and conduct litigation; otherwise, the business owner is required take on the strategic management of legal risks to protect the value and assets of a company. Absent proper understanding of the issues facing business and how the issues can impact the bottom line of a business, the risks will negatively impact a business without a business owner even realizing it before its too late.
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As the New Year approaches, people begin to think about money making ventures and perhaps starting a new business to see where that great idea can take them. Despite the positivity in aiming for business success, from a relational standpoint, people enter closely-held businesses in the same manner as they enter marriage: optimistically and often ill-prepared
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Employers often face the dreaded claim against their company, a claim that the entity, in some form, discriminated against an employee. Aside from worrying about a claim coming, employers often do not understand the process involved in dealing with these claims and the deadlines and process an employee goes through that can affect an employer’s responsibility to deal with a discrimination claim.
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If you are a corporation, you undoubtedly have a board of directors – or at least the hope is that you do.
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So you've incorporated. Now what?
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Clients often ask me about the application of non-competition agreements because they seem to be everywhere. An employee is subjected to a non-compete agreement, or an employer is trying to subject its employees to a non-compete agreement.
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The age-old requirements of contract law continue to stand the test of time: offer, acceptance, and consideration are the necessary elements to create a contract.
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As any legal counsel should do, legal advice regarding any security measure for a corporation’s private information is paramount. Advising the board of directors of a company to pay close attention to data security issues cannot be forgotten since the stakes are too high for a board to ignore.
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Employers are always looking for the most effective way to maintain integrity in time keeping of employee hours for work performed. Several companies now offer time and attendance solutions that incorporate the use of fingerprint identification technology and purport to eliminate a term called “buddy punching” for hourly employees.
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If you don’t already know, a trademark is a recognizable sign, design, or unique expression related to products or services of a particular source from those of others, although trademarks used to identify services are usually called service marks. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity. A trademark may be located on a package, a label, a voucher, or on the product itself. For the sake of corporate identity, trademarks are being displayed on company buildings.
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Employees are always asking questions about the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). For employers, it is definitely a challenging part of human resources duties. When an FMLA leave falls on a holiday, it becomes even more complicated.
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The world is based on a series of transactions and each day, transactions are occurring to keep global commerce moving forward. Transactions are referenced in contracts to protect the sanctity of the agreement between two parties doing business together; moreover, contracts provide individuals and businesses with a legal document stating the expectations of both parties and how negative situations will be resolved.
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It may sound like common sense but not every company thinks it has certain connections to liability when employees are using company cell phones. For one matter, using a cell phone and multitasking is a way of life for most people – especially employees.
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It has been a longstanding pillar in the law under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) protects alcoholism if it qualifies as a “disability.” Despite this statutory protection (if it is deemed one qualifies as such under the ADA), courts have consistently held that employers can have legitimate work rules that prohibit alcohol use in the workforce. However, the line between having a protected disability and engaging in unprotected misconduct while working is not always clear
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