In July of this year the three senators, including the now Vice President-elect, wrote a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau aimed to bring attention to alleged discriminatory outcomes resulting from underwriting practices in…
Workplace dynamics have changed significantly in recent years, and one of the most important changes involves the legal remedies available to victims of sexual harassment. Where men and women who were targeted for harassment previously…
Increasingly, employees are being asked to sign non-compete agreements, and the question of whether or not they should is a tough one to answer. Where these contracts were once used to keep executives or those…
Every business partnership – like every marriage – begins with the best of intentions and hopes for the future. But the unfortunate fact is that partnership breakup is far more common than success. Statistically speaking,…
To most business owners, the idea of needing a small business attorney sounds like part of a nightmare, something that only happens when things have gone very, very wrong. But the truth is that there…
The Bochetto and Lentz team recently scored a hard-fought victory for one of our clients in a case regarding a non-compete contract. Our client, the defendant in this case, left her job with the plaintiff…
Being fired is one of the most painful, embarrassing experiences an employee can go through. Even if you hate your job, you want to leave it on your own terms rather than having somebody tell…
Opening a small business is a dream that many people have, and anybody about to embark on this exciting journey has surely pictured it in their mind a thousand times. No matter what type of…
When you’re hurt or sick, you need medical care, and that care comes at a cost. Add to that the losses you may suffer as a result of having to miss work, or losing your…
Though many cast aspersions on non-compete agreements, from an employer’s perspective there is a very good reason for using them: They protect a business from the negative repercussions of an employee’s departure. A well-crafted non-compete…