The newest obstacle that's keeping employees from finding better jobs in their own field is a twist on the noncompete agreement. Where noncompete agreements require employees to sign away their right to work for a company's competitors, "no-poach" agreements are made...
These days, a lot of tech businesses rely on proprietary information and designs to thrive -- which means it is increasingly important to keep whatever intellectual property you have from falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, some of those "wrong hands" can...
When you and your partners operate a business together, you all have a legal obligation to act in the company's best interests -- that's your fiduciary duty. Unfortunately, some people treat a business as their personal fiefdom, to pillage for their own best interests...
Every business owner wants to avoid entanglements with unscrupulous partners, employees or associates. If you make a mistake, your misplaced trust can end up destroying everything you've worked so hard to build. What are the signs, though, of business professionals...
Did the Fox Network purposefully expose the private sexual orientation of a Florida businessman, destroying his career, in order to get out of a deal to produce a reality-based television show? A lawsuit filed in federal court says that's exactly what happened. The...
Moving into the international market is the dream of many businesses -- particularly those that know they have something highly unique to offer a foreign market. Before you start down that road (or across those waters), take to heart the following pieces of advice....
Starting your own business is always a risky proposition -- but buying an established business isn't always safe either. When you purchase a business, the ultimate rule is, of course, "buyer beware." You have to perform a certain amount of due diligence in order to...
When most people heard about the hack into the Equifax database -- one of the top three credit reporting agencies used in the country -- the reaction was widespread shock. It's actually hard to comprehend how many people may be affected since the agency collects...
You and your best friends have a great idea for a new business and you believe that you have the perfect market -- you've even scraped together the funding to make your dream a reality. What's next? While there are a lot of small steps down the golden road of success,...
In every contract, there's the cold, hard words on the paper that fulfill the legal technicalities -- but there's also the spirit of the contract that's often between the lines. The parties involved generally have an obligation to meet both, especially when the...
