Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
How do you protect your trade secrets? If the answer is by imposing non-compete clauses on your workforce, there’s bad news: As trends in trade secrets go, non-competes are on their way out. Relying on non-compete clauses in contracts has...
Performance reviews are like visiting the dentist: You have to endure them with some regularity. They are usually riddled with anxiety and can be slightly painful. In the end, you are glad that you went, while simultaneously relieved that you don’t...
If you ever have the desire to see a perfectly executed eye-roll, or just have a glance at an eloquently blank stare, here’s what to do: Ask another attorney if they’ve been stressed out lately. Pushing the point can escalate the matter from...
REQUIRING OUTSIDE AUDITORS TO DISCLOSE CAMS MAY HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES Generally accepted audit standards (GAAS) require an auditor to communicate significant findings from the audit to those charged with governance in the entity being...
After a year and a half of hunkering down, carefully quarantining, social bubbling, and generally acting like hermit crabs, the world—and the workforce—is slowly getting back on track. Just as the start of the pandemic was traumatic, reentry into...
Unlike common law states that have not historically favored the use of a single joint revocable trust for spouses (hereafter referred to as the Joint Spousal Trust or JST), the JST has long been the gold standard estate planning tool of choice in...
Being invited to serve on the board of a charity you care about is often a wonderful honor and an exciting opportunity. Nonprofit organizations are well served to include an attorney on the board who can help identify, among other legal threats,...
Legal counsel often retain specialized analysts to perform valuation, damages, or transfer price analyses. These analyses may relate to disputes involving taxation, shareholder rights, condemnation and eminent domain, bankruptcy, all types of...
There is an increasing supply of qualified candidates looking for their first board seat with a private company. Experienced directors understand how the process works, and what to expect. First-time candidates, however, are thirsty to learn how...