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Telebriefs®: EEOC Issues Guidance to Reduce Employer Harassment in the Workplace
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantWorkplace harassment of all kinds is unfortunately common today, and, specifically for employers, the cause of numerous liability issues. As revealed in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recently published document, “Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace,” nearly a third…
Eight Questions to Ask When Hiring Family Members
As published in GGI Insider In today’s hyper-competitive employment market, nepotism has once again become a topic of contention. Job seekers who feel snubbed frequently claim they were overlooked in favor of the owner’s (or hiring manager’s) nephew, niece, cousin, or in-law. The perception is that family members always receive preferential treatment even when they’re under-qualified and…
Cannabis Business Executive: Thinking Strategically About the Future of an Uncertain Cannabis Market
As the cannabis market matures, new markets and consumers are preparing to come online. We are seeing a proliferation of opportunities in the cannabis industry like never before. Not only are new cultivators, processors, and dispensaries applying for and obtaining licenses and permits, but these operators are bringing new technologies, business plans, and innovative models for…
LawMatters- July 2016
Every day, the law impacts our lives in ways big and small. We see its large-scale reverberations in political debates, news headlines, pop culture, as well as in our personal interactions with coworkers, spouses, neighbors, and employees. Whether you are planning for your family’s future, thinking about launching a new business, or protecting your brand,…
Offit Kurman Attorney Reports in From the Maryland Cannabis Industry Association
Maryland is one of several states in the past few years to legalize the sale of medical cannabis, and local entrepreneurs are eager to obtain their licenses. Permission to sell, however, is only one detail among a larger set of challenges, opportunities, and questions facing cultivators, dispensary owners, health care providers, and other stakeholders in…
Read | Delete: Twitter’s Role in the Presidential Election
In this election year, Twitter is a battleground. This data shows how the candidates – and their campaigns – tweet in very different ways. Source: Wall Street Journal Got an interesting Fast Fact for a business audience? Please send and share it with our 1,653 subscribers. Click here to subscribe to Read|Delete and receive fast facts…
M & A Nuggets: Drill Down on Earnings
To determine a purchase price to offer to the seller, purchasers most often analyze some form of the target’s earnings, whether EBITDA, net cash flow or some other measure. When analyzing the seller’s income statement and statement of cash flows, care must be taken to make sure that the earnings number you use supports your…
What Buyers Need to Know About Closing a M&A Transaction
This is Part V in my six-part series on the anatomy of an M&A deal from the buyer’s perspective. To read Part IV, which covers financing and negotiation, click here. In the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), there is one basic, unstoppable factor that derails transactions right before they would otherwise close: lack of…
The Entrepreneur’s Lab Video Series: D.I.T.C.H
“The Entrepreneur’s Lab,” a one-minute video series aimed at offering practical guidance and thought leadership to entrepreneurs and business owners. Videos are adapted from business law and transactions practice group chair Michael N. Mercurio’s recurring segment every Tuesday night from 6–7pm on AHA! Business Radio, a show produced for WJZ (CBS Sports Radio 1300). Each installment of “The…
Ramifications of Social Security Benefits in Divorce or Annulment
Maryland’s Court of Appeals, the highest Court of our state, issued an opinion on July 19, 2016, which directs trial courts to consider Social Security benefits when making a monetary award relating to the equitable distribution of marital property, notwithstanding that the benefit itself cannot be divided and that there can be no direct set…
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