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Closing your company? Make sure you take the right steps
When you’re ready to close your business, you may think it’s as easy as shutting your doors and moving on. The truth is that there are multiple steps you need to follow if you want the closure to go smoothly and to protect yourself in the future. To start with, you...
Protect your children with an estate plan
As a parent, you’ve probable spent countless hours trying to plan for your children. You may think that you have everything covered, but you might have missed one important point – creating your estate plan. You may not like thinking about your children growing up...
Taking action when a supplier doesn’t deliver the items you need
As a business owner, it is your job to keep everything running smoothly. Whether you run a manufacturing facility where you produce products or you run a restaurant or retail business, you are dependent on your suppliers for the materials you need to make your...
Protect your will and avoid will contests with these tips
You love your family, but if there is one thing you know, it’s that they can be argumentative. You have several children, and since they don’t always get along, you’re very worried about what would happen if your will wasn’t what they were expecting. There are times...
When can you be sued for defamation of another business?
Rivalries among business owners with similar services or products develop all the time. For example, Wendy’s and Burger King have been trading barbs on Twitter for a while now. What happens, however, if you take your company rivalry a little bit too far and openly...
Avoid probate if you want to save time and money
Avoiding probate should be a key concern that you discuss with your attorney when you are putting together your estate plan. You should be aware that there are two types of assets, those that will go through probate and those that will not. Certain kinds of assets,...
Should you make your Pennsylvania employees sign a non-compete?
42.2% of Pennsylvania companies make at least some employees sign a non-compete agreement, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The same report says 31.1% of Pennsylvania companies make all their employees sign one. Does this mean you need...
What discrimination rules apply to small businesses?
Growing a small business can mean scaling up your operations and policies as your business expands. For example, when you are the only person working at a company, you don't need to have a discrimination policy or a harassment reporting procedure for employees to...
Strategies for defending against a major slip-and-fall claim
Premises liability is the financial and legal risk that a homeowner or business manager incurs when they let people onto their property. Both individual homeowners and those who run their own businesses will typically have to carry an insurance policy that protects...
Understand the importance of estate planning
An estate plan outlines what you want to happen to your assets when you pass away. Your loved ones will likely appreciate knowing your wishes since you won’t be there to relay them in person, but the estate planning benefits go far beyond that peace of mind. When you...
