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Landlord Tenant Tips: Apartment Maintenance Notices
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantQuestion from Landlord: We are conducting general maintenance on all of our apartment units. Can my maintenance team enter the apartments whenever they would like in order to conduct the maintenance or is some notice to the residents required? Answer: At least 24-hours’ notice to the…
M & A Nuggets: Liabilities That Could Follow You
One big reason for a purchaser to structure a business acquisition as an asset purchase is to avoid being subject to the seller’s liabilities, known and unknown. Certain liabilities, however, could follow, and attach to, the purchaser’s business, unless specific precautions are taken. For example, tax obligations often constitute liens on the seller’s assets, meaning…
Read | Delete: U.S. Government Hits Goal for Women Owned Small Businesses
After almost two decades, the federal government for the first time has been able to meet its goal of awarding five percent (worth $17.8 billion) of all contracts to women-owned small businesses. Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) along with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez…
The Perks and Downsides of ESOPs for Buyers and Sellers
This blog post is adapted from my speaking points at “Preparing Your Business for Transition: The Playbook for Maximizing Your Liquidity,” a business seminar held at the Baltimore Ravens Locker Room at M&T Bank Stadium on April 23rd. For more information about the event, click here. To say business owners frequently misunderstand the purpose of…
A Video Conversation with Chris Sachse, CEO Horsetail Technologies and Apogee iQ- Part 4 – On His Business Career
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Providing IT solutions that keep organizations in highly regulated industries secure, compliant, and proactive Chris Sachse is the CEO and co-founder of Horsetail Technologies, and the CEO of Apogee iQ. Horsetail provides collaborative, shared IT services for credit unions as well as members of other highly…
A Video Conversation with Sean McDade, CEO of PeopleMetrics- Part 6 – On His Background
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Transforming the customer experience through software, services and insights Sean McDade is the founder and CEO of PeopleMetrics. With headquarters in Philadelphia, PeopleMetrics turns customer feedback into actionable insights that enables companies to improve the customer experience. PeopleMetrics customer experience management software is used…
Friday Factoid: “Making Available” Right Explained Under U.S. Law
Two treaties from the World Intellectual Property Organization require member states to recognize a copyright holders’ exclusive right to “make available” their protected works. This right gives authors and musical artists the exclusive right to allow others to transmit their protected works to the public via the Internet. The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued a…
Telebriefs®: San Francisco Mandates Paid Parental Leave
On April 5th, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to mandate paid parental leave to allow parents to bond with their children. California already has a statutory scheme under which employees would get partially paid parental leave through the California Disability Insurance Program. Therefore, California employers are required to pay employees 55% of their…
A Video Conversation with Geoff Gross, CEO and Founder of Medical Guardian- Part 4- on Preakness at the Piazza
Click Here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Providing emergency help and reliable customer service to those who need it any time Geoff Gross is the CEO and founder of Medical Guardian. The company, which started as a business run out of Geoff’s apartment, has grown into a leading provider of medical alert systems…
Human Resources Professional Found Personally Liable in a Contested FMLA Case
In a recently published decision the influential Second Circuit Court of Appeals (with jurisdiction over the states of New York, Connecticut and Vermont) ruled that in the case of Graziadio v. Culinary Institute of America, the employer’s Director of Human Resources could be found personally liable for alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave…
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