Feb 5, 2018 | Corporation, Employment, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Sexual harassment, Small business
How to protect your employees and your company against sexual harassment claims In my last post I highlighted the importance for every employer—both for-profit and nonprofit—to review their sexual harassment policies and practices, in light of recent high-profile...
Jan 30, 2018 | Corporation, Employment, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Sexual harassment, Small business
Recent sexual harassment scandals mean all businesses should be reviewing their own policies By now everyone knows about the recent sexual harassment scandals involving prominent politicians, celebrities, and business people. As we have seen from examples involving...
Nov 28, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, healthcare, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Uber hid 2016 cyberattack affected 57 million Uber customers and drivers: five lessons for every business Ride-sharing service Uber recently disclosed that it suffered a massive cyberattack in October 2017, in which personal information of some 50 million customers...
Oct 31, 2017 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Small business, Startups
A fractional general counsel can provide excellent legal services at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. For a business that needs ongoing legal services, hiring a full-time in-house...
Oct 2, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Small and mid-sized businesses worried after recent Equifax data breach By now, almost everyone has heard or read about the recent data breach of Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies in the U.S. According to Equifax, as many as 143 million...
Aug 14, 2017 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, data security, Employment, Legal fees, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business
What is an “outside general counsel” and what can one do for your company, besides save you money? Do you wish you could run legal and business issues past your lawyer whenever you need to, without worrying about getting billed for every call or email? Having a...
