As of May 7, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will accept only the new version of the I-9 employment eligibility verification form.  You may recall that on March 7, 2013, the USCIS announced that employers should begin using the new version of the I-9 form immediately, but allowed sixty days for employers to update [...]

We have seen a rise in the number of start-ups offering cloud-based services and are reviewing an increasing number of SaaS or cloud-based software services contracts for our clients. Cloud computing may be a viable business model for either vendor or business owner, but as with anything, you have to do your homework.

  Many small and medium business owners are overwhelmed by the social media choices available to them, and unsure of which might best fit their target clients and markets.  Twitter, being a relative new kid on the block, can be especially mystifying.

Businesses often acquire other businesses through an asset purchase, rather than a stock purchase, so that the buyer does not inherit the liabilities of the seller.  Not all business owners realize that federal labor law violations often are excluded from state law contract law, and buyers may be liable for seller’s violations no matter what [...]

“Order the hamburgers at Donna’s Diner if you like salty, dried out burgers dripping in ketchup and onions to try to give them some flavor. Don’t go there unless you have a strong stomach and you like sticky seats or surly waitresses. If you are lucky they will be out of what you ordered.  Got [...]

If you work with startups as I do, one of the first issues is choosing the company or product name.