We love representing small businesses, especially manufacturers and service providers. After all, small businesses are the lifeblood of our great country. We get to deal with areas of the law we love, and also learn about their business, their products and services, and what is important to them as a manufacturer and small business.
These clients typically retain us when contracts go bad, employees leave to competitors, or a competing business is engaging in unfair or deceptive conduct which harms their business. We get to draw on our experience in contract law, Uniform Commercial Code, and unfair trade practice law to help them navigate the risk and get them the result they seek.
We also serve these clients by representing them in administrative or regulatory investigations, purchase and sale transactions, and providing day-to-day advice on corporate or entity governance.
We also serve as outside general counsel to small businesses. We are on call to answer questions and provide advice and guidance through the gauntlet of laws and regulations that govern their business. We provide advice on hiring and firing, draft policies and procedures, interface with regulatory agencies, review and draft contracts, evaluate payroll practices and assist them with many other areas on a day to day basis, and ultimately allows us to help keep them out of trouble, reduce risk and save on attorneys fees.
Bloggers beware. In this case, be thankful. Yesterday the DC district court of appeals reversed denial of SLAPP special motion to dismiss where blogger published alleged defamatory statements uttered by someone else.
Read MoreSCOTUS ruled yesterday Muslims can sue FBI for placing them on no-fly list as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with counterterrorism investigations. Interesting balance on religion and governmental immunity.
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Read MoreThe rush from the cities (NYC mostly) to rural Connecticut and upstate New York is bringing back that lovely old equitable remedy SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE!! Oh I love contracts. And specific performance even more.
Read MoreWith jobless claims so high, more small businesses are fighting unemployment. "Refusing suitable employment," is the biggest issue per DOL. Employers should be prepared with proof of PPE compliance if they want to defeat a claim because they offered the employee their job back. https://t.co/L5kM4L6qCF
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With jobless claims so high, more small businesses are fighting unemployment. "Refusing suitable employment," is the biggest issue per DOL. Employers should be prepared with proof of PPE compliance if they want to defeat a claim because they offered the employee their job back. https://t.co/xoBslJOgLc
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DE Sup. Court, epicenter for biz litigation, answered yesterday a certified question from 9th Circuit.LP must prove reliance and causation when suing GP for failure to disclose material info in one-time request for capital contribution. LP does not get benefit of per se rule.
Read MoreWow. Maybe this isn't that much of a big deal. What was the underlying evidence? With the "but for" standard under federal law this surprises me a bit.
Read MoreI love the fact that we are small and can act quickly, and for now at least, happy to not have any partners who might veto my decisions to make changes..... #innovation #nevercomplacent
Read MoreBrian Tracy wrote that Mark Twain said something like “eat the frog in the morning.” Meaning get the toughest things out of the way bright and early. Man how come these truths are so simple? I ate two pretty large frogs this morning. It works.
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