When starting a new business, one of your earliest and most important steps is choosing the legal structure under which your business will operate. The right choice will depend upon several different factors, including the…
Despite the availability of tax preparation software, plenty of people entrust their federal tax preparation to accountants and other tax preparation professionals. This is especially true for business owners and taxpayers whose returns are complicated…
When we think of the term malpractice, we generally associate it with medical professionals, but malpractice can be committed by any professional on whom we rely on for their expertise and whose negligence or misconduct…
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…
A. J. Liebling was hands-down America’s most celebrated boxing writer, and his observation on why the Sweet Science will never be banned is among his greatest hits, pardon the expression: “If a boxer ever went…
We all generally trust doctors and other medical professionals to provide us with competent, attentive care. But sometimes that trust is misplaced, and a patient is harmed in some way. If this has happened to…
When you hire an attorney to represent you in a legal matter, you do so with faith in both their ability and their diligence. Unfortunately, this trust is not always well placed, and attorneys can…
Wrongful termination is the legal term for what happens when an employer fires an employee illegally. There is a difference between being fired unfairly and illegally, and if you’ve been terminated and are considering filing…
It’s a nightmare scenario. You’re driving on the highway at the speed of traffic, paying attention to the conditions around you and not seeing anything particularly alarming, when all of a sudden a truck in…
When you own a small business, every aspect of your operation feels critical to your success, but perhaps none so much as your most-valued employees. Smart entrepreneurs invest in their staff, both by making sure…