The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides low-interest, long-term disaster loans to businesses of all sizes. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the SBA has authorized Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs). ...more
The news regularly reports on data breaches and cybersecurity. While we read about the biggest breaches – Home Depot, Target, Anthem, JP Morgan, Wyndham – probably every business has been hacked and will be hacked again. ...more
7/7/2016
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Home Depot ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Target ,
Wyndham
TO SUFFER OR PERMIT: How The Broad Scope Of The Fair Labor Standards Act Is Increasing The Risk Of Doing Business -
2016 is shaping up to be a troubling one for employers subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor...more
6/27/2016
/ Capital Formation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Joint Employers ,
Operating Agreements ,
Partnership Agreements ,
Small Business ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Georgia Pacific estimates that it saved over $30 million from the first ten years of its early dispute resolution (“EDR”) program. GE estimated that its EDR program cut its litigation costs almost in half. EDR is something...more
Peter Silverman, partner in the Toledo office, presented "The New Emergency Relief Arbitration Rules – The Death Knell for Court-Ordered Injunctions Pending Arbitration?" at a national webinar sponsored by the American...more
What to Do When the Government Comes Calling -
In today’s complex world of e-commerce and international competition, increasingly governmental agencies (both state and federal) are resorting to “dawn raids” (i.e.,...more
The oft-spoken criticism of arbitration is that it’s just as slow and expensive as litigation. The major arbitration providers -- AAA, JAMS, and CPR – have heard this criticism clearly, and have responded by training...more
In this issue:
- Supply Chain Finance as the "New Normal"
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implements Regulations for Covered Mortgage Loans
- Arbitration Guidelines
- Navigating Foreclosure...more
5/21/2014
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Digital Assets ,
DOMA ,
Estate Planning ,
Foreclosure ,
Medical Devices ,
One-Action Rule ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Supply Chain ,
US v Windsor
This past Veterans Day, franchising continued to extended its warm embrace to veterans. For better and for worse, which is my topic.
For Veterans Day in 2011, the International Franchise Association launched an...more