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The Early Life Experiences that Shape Successful CEOs: Interviews with Executive Leaders Radio
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantWhat sets great business leaders apart from ordinary executives? Over the past few weeks, Executive Leaders Radio has been sitting down with prominent local CEOs, CFOs, and presidents to find out. Sponsored by Offit Kurman, Executive Leaders Radio’s “elite interviews” are a series of 10–25-minute…
Friday Factoid: Washington Redskins May Sue Native Americans
A federal judge recently ruled the Washington Redskins may sue a group of Native Americans that asked the USPTO to cancel the registration of the WASHINGTON REDSKINS marks. Sources: MSNBC If you have any questions regarding the content of this communication, please contact Jonathan R. Wachs: jwachs@offitkurman.com | 301.575.0302. If you would like to subscribe to receive Friday Factoids® in…
The Weekly Scenario: Options for Paying Bills After a Parent’s Death
Question: My father is losing his mental faculties. I have access to his banking account online and I pay his bills for him. Can I continue paying them after his death? My name is not on his checking account. If he adds my name to his checking account, can I continue paying his bills? Answer:If…
CEO Interview with Jen Burnstein, CEO and Debbi Ascher, President, CharmedBar
Working “like a charm” Sometimes, entrepreneurship for its own sake isn’t the goal. Instead, it’s the result of a quest to solve a problem. Debbi Ascher had been on a 20-year journey of trial and error managing her ulcerative colitis and its considerable challenges. She discovered that eliminating gluten, grains, dairy, hormone-disrupting soy and refined sugars…
The Inside Scoop on Offit Kurman’s Legal Services in Bethesda, MD
Bethesda, Maryland is no ordinary suburban town. Located in southern Montgomery County less than eight miles from Washington, D.C., Bethesda is renowned for its diverse, intellectual residents and influential business community. The town consistently appears on lists of America’s highest-educated and most liveable cities, and is an ideal location for Offit Kurman’s unparalleled legal services….
Compensation and Compliance Matters: Don’t Get Burned by Joint Marketing RESPA Violations
Co-marketing or joint marketing has become a hot issue under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. In co-marketed materials two parties — usually settlement service providers — share advertising materials. The question is whether and to what extent one party can pay the full cost of the materials. In general, the cost of the advertising…
This Month in Compensation and Compliance Matters
Each week, labor and employment attorney Ari Karen writes about the latest hearings and litigation in the financial sector, and offers his viewpoint on diverse compliance and compensation matters. Whether you run a business, work for a financial institution, or are involved in an employment dispute, Mr. Karen provides an important point-of-view on our nation’s…
Read|Delete: The Top 7 Books Every CEO Must Read
Over 250,000 business books are in print. Laid on top of each other, that’s nearly four miles high. Obviously, narrowing it down to a select few is no easy task. Here is the top seven must read books for CEOs. 1. What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There — by Marshall Goldsmith 2. The…
Navigating the Office Party
It may seem like common sense, but your holiday office party (or your significant other’s office party) is not a college kegger. It’s not an opportunity to drink as much as you want, to show up fashionably late, or treat it like an all-you-can-eat buffet. This is an office event, and yes, everybody is watching…
CEO Interview with with JM Schapiro, CEO, Continental Realty Corporation
Leading by Example By the time JM Schapiro graduated from The Park School in Baltimore, Maryland, the principal, teachers, and his parents were heartened to see how he had learned to channel his knack for leadership, let’s say, “more appropriately.”JM acknowledges that it took him some time to get on the right track. Fast-forward to 2014. JM, CEO…
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