July 23, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit, Marketing, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
Music is the universal language. Regardless of race, religion or nationality, music moves us, inspires us and can even influence our behaviors. If you own a business and play music, you stand to benefit from an array of positive results ranging from increased sales, more satisfied customers, even happier employees. The experience of entering a […]
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What Are The Options To Laying Off Employees During COVID?
August 7, 2020 / by Ian Alden / Business Law, Business Tips, Commercial Transactions, COVID-19, Employee Management, Employment Law, Human Resources, Lawsuit, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
There are resources available. The key is knowing where to look. As a business owner, you may have heard about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, which are low-interest loans awarded by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help cover payroll and some other operational costs. Assuming the loan proceeds are spent properly and other […]
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Playing Background Music At Your Business? You Might Be Breaking The Law.
July 23, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit, Marketing, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
Music is the universal language. Regardless of race, religion or nationality, music moves us, inspires us and can even influence our behaviors. If you own a business and play music, you stand to benefit from an array of positive results ranging from increased sales, more satisfied customers, even happier employees. The experience of entering a […]
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What Is a Land Lord’s Lien?
July 13, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Lawsuit, LLC, Other Corporate Entities, Resolving Disputes, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
Most commercial leases include a Land Lord’s Lien Clause and many business owners don’t understand that magnitude of it. A Land Lord’s Lien is generally a clause written into a lease. What the clause does is allow a Land Lord to keep the property within a leased space should the tenant default on the payment […]
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Big Trademark Win For Dot-Com Brand Names
July 1, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit, Marketing, Small Business, Strategic Planning, Tech Law, Trademarks / 0 comments
New Supreme Court Ruling Is A Victory For Dot-Com. The US Supreme Court just ruled that ‘Booking.com’ can be federally trademarked. The USPTO had rejected the mark ‘Booking.com’ as being a generic term for travel reservation with a simple dot-com attached at the end. A generic trademark is a mark that has become generic and […]
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Why Can’t I Just Terminate My Lease?
June 30, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Commercial Transactions, Contracts, COVID-19, Lawsuit, Resolving Disputes, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
Wanting out of your commercial lease does not mean you can get out. Needing to terminate a commercial lease comes up often, and especially now with the current situation in the world. The bottom line is, commercial leases are governed primarily and solely by the lease itself, unlike residential tenants who enjoy certain protections under […]
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What is an Advocate?
June 22, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Employee Management, Human Resources, Lawsuit, Resolving Disputes, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
An Advocate is someone who works on behalf of another person. People in need of advocates are usually members of a population that may have significant challenges or roadblocks to resources, understanding or navigation within the legal system. Common Types of Populations That Benefit from Advocate Help: Children Abuse victims Poor Disabled Victims of crimes […]
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Pay-if-paid vs. Pay-when-paid in Construction Contracts
June 16, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Contracts, Lawsuit, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments
What every subcontractor really needs to understand. One little word in a contract can make a big difference. Take for example the word “if” and the word “when”. If you are a subcontractor, your ability to get paid and when that payment will happen is dependent on whether the word “if” or the word “when” […]
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How to Handle a Reference Call On The Employee You Fired.
June 9, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Employee Management, Employment Law, Human Resources, Lawsuit, Resolving Disputes, Small Business, Toxic Employee Consultation / 0 comments
Consider the notion that no good deed or lapse in professionalism usually goes unpunished. Is there anything more dreaded for a business owner or manager than to have to put up with and eventually terminate a bad employee? Maybe. How about the uncomfortable reference check or inquiry regarding your old problematic employee? The situation gets […]
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What does ‘Pro Hac Vice’ Mean and How is it Applied in a Legal Context?
June 2, 2020 / by Carrie Cook / Business Law, Business Tips, Lawsuit / 0 comments
Pro Hac Vice literally translates to “for this occasion only”, which is an apt description of its legal meaning, which is that an attorney who is not licensed in a state or jurisdiction is allowed to practice law there in a specific case as a one one-off exception. This practice usually requires the pro hac […]
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How to Be a ‘Good’ Commercial Landlord During Covid-19
May 13, 2020 / by Carrie Cook / Commercial Transactions, Contracts, COVID-19, Lawsuit / 0 comments
Balancing Empathy with the Need to Collect Rent As the current economic situation develops, businesses are being hit hard, and money for the rent might not be in their budget. What can you do when you need to collect the rent, but your tenants are struggling? As a landlord, you may have several options available, […]
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