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How to Ensure Your Board of Directors and Officers are Adequately Covered from Unexpected Lawsuits | Sponsored
sponsored by The Partners Group If you’re considering joining a board or are already on one, there are a few things you should understand about risk and liability. Whether you are involved in a non-profit, a soon-to-be or already established public company, or a private company, it’s important to know that directors and officers can be…
Legal Briefs: How to Establish a Winning Company Culture | Sponsored
True business leaders are good at what they do — they are skillful planners, have passion for what they do and exercise good judgment. At a recent Seattle seminar for startup companies, I stressed that “company culture” is key to business success, customer satisfaction and employee retention. A November 2015 article by Lindsay McGregor and…
The key to a kinder, gentler public offering | Sponsored
For most companies, making a public offering of their shares is nearly impossible. Historically, this has been the case because the costs and challenges of going public, let alone being public, significantly outweighed the potential benefits for all but the largest companies. Now, however, that tide seems to be starting to turn. In 2012, Congress…
My Business Was Hit with a Class Action! | Sponsored
You may think that class action litigation is the legal problem of large companies, but even small mom-and-pop businesses can become targets for this type of litigation. The concerns could be wage related or accessibility oriented, or any number of other issues. So what can you do to defend against these claims? Defendants facing class…
Legal Briefs: Corporate Responsibility | Sponsored
On September 13, 1970, The New York Times published an op-ed by University of Chicago Professor Milton Friedman that provided the intellectual framework for a profound shift in American corporate governance. The article, The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits, argued in forceful terms that corporate executives are mere agents working exclusively…
Legal Briefs: The JOBS Act | Sponsored
For most companies, making a public offering of their shares is nearly impossible. Historically, this has been the case because the costs and challenges of going public, let alone being public, significantly outweighed the potential benefits for all but the largest companies. Now, however, that tide seems to be starting to turn. In 2012, Congress…
Legal Briefs: The Cost of Badly Done Performance Reviews | Sponsored
For many companies, employee performance reviews are often an afterthought. A recent survey showed that only 10 percent of employers actually found their current performance review process a good use of time. Many businesses just go through the motions each year wheeling out the performance review form and rating employees by checking the box on…