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    Mass Retailers must pay OT to commission-only salespeople
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Mass Retailers must pay OT to commission-only salespeople

    Retail salespeople paid on a 100-percent commission basis are entitled to separate additional payments at one and a half times the...
    WHY EVERY COMPANY SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT ITS INFORMATION
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    WHY EVERY COMPANY SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT ITS INFORMATION

    Information is a company asset. Mismanaging it is like mismanaging inventory. That needs to change.
    U.S. Licensed Attorney Required for Foreign Trademark Applicants/Registrants
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    U.S. Licensed Attorney Required for Foreign Trademark Applicants/Registrants

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office effected a new rule requiring that foreign applicants and registrants have US counsel.
    Binding Employment Policies & Agreements in the Digital Age
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 7, 2019
    • 9 min

    Binding Employment Policies & Agreements in the Digital Age

    Going electronic with employment policies and agreements requires more than just going electronic to make them binding.
    DOL Guidance adds Flexibility for Free Internships
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    DOL Guidance adds Flexibility for Free Internships

    Recent US DOL guidance opens the door to more flexible internship arrangements.
    Arbitration is a Contract
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Arbitration is a Contract

    Arbitration is a contract. The contract rules what happens in an arbitration, regardless how counterintuitive the result might be.
    Avoiding Employee Misclassification
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Avoiding Employee Misclassification

    Agreeing to classify workers as 1099 means nothing, legally and is an expensive mistake.
    Retiree Medical Benefits Litigation
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jul 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Retiree Medical Benefits Litigation

    Lawsuits over retiree medical benefits are increasing. So far, employers seem to have the upper hand.
    Protecting Employee Health Information
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jun 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    Protecting Employee Health Information

    Employers constantly get employee health information. Most know it is confidential but many do not know what that exactly means.
    Non-solicitation Restriction Labelled Improper Restraint
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • May 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Non-solicitation Restriction Labelled Improper Restraint

    A company that provided temporary travel nurses to medical care facilities hired recruiters with an agreement restricting them from...
    Normalizing Hemp, CBD & Marijuana Business
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • May 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Normalizing Hemp, CBD & Marijuana Business

    State, national and international law changes are moving to normalize hemp, CBD and marijuana businesses.
    PERMANENT NON-COMPETE REALLY IS
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • May 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    PERMANENT NON-COMPETE REALLY IS

    A 2005 court-approved settlement agreement permanently enjoined the defendants from hiring anyone previously employed by the plaintiff....
    M&A Earnout Thoughts
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • May 2, 2019
    • 6 min

    M&A Earnout Thoughts

    Earn-out arrangements are often crucial in bridging price expectations between buyer and seller and getting a deal to closing....
    PRIVACY COMES TO THE U.S. CALIFORNIA’S NEW DATA PRIVACY LAW.
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    PRIVACY COMES TO THE U.S. CALIFORNIA’S NEW DATA PRIVACY LAW.

    This past November, Californians were going to vote on a sweeping data privacy ballot initiative. It never made it to the ballot....
    ACTUAL COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SUIT
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    ACTUAL COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SUIT

    In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that an actual copyright registration from the US copyright office is required to be...
    ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SIGNING COMPLIANCE
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SIGNING COMPLIANCE

    Face it. Printing, signing and scanning documents into PDFs is tedious and passé. Because physical closings are now rare, getting...
    ELIMINATING LIABILITY FOR LOST PROFITS
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    ELIMINATING LIABILITY FOR LOST PROFITS

    Many contracts try to eliminate liability for lost profits if something goes wrong. Saying it is one thing, doing it successfully is...
    LLC MEMBER FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    LLC MEMBER FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS

    Two former members of a limited liability company were sued by it for breach of fiduciary duty. They moved to dismiss the case because...
    California Joins ABC Test
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    California Joins ABC Test

    California's Supreme Court has ruled that the standard for classifying employees or independent contractors should be changed from the...
    Personal Liability for LLC Actions
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 7 min

    Personal Liability for LLC Actions

    Like a corporation, a limited liability company (LLC) is liable for its obligations to others. No other person, as owner or agent, is...
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