Optimism is riding high among construction contractors and equipment distributors that local non-residential activity will improve in 2014, according to a recent survey by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc.
As if Superstorm Sandy did not cause enough damage, it has the temerity to become the basis for a new legal precedent.
This article examines the due diligence steps that every lawyer must address when advising a client about the merits of purchasing an equipment lease portfolio.
In March 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion written by Judge Richard A. Posner, decided the case of Teed v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions, LLC, 711 F.3d 763, 764 (7th Cir. 2013). In a win for employees, the court held that the more plaintiff-friendly federal common law test is appropriate in determining whether an acquiring company assumes the liabilities associated with pending litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). '
As of Jan. 1, 2015, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act begins to impose certain health coverage requirements on employers who have at least 50 employees. Even though its implications are almost a year away, it is not too soon for employers to prepare for the Employer Mandate. Employers would be wise to figure out if the mandate applies to them, understand the potential penalties that can be imposed on them and, taking into account all of the various considerations, decide if they want to pay or play.
Currently, there are a large number of companies facing lawsuits from current and/or former unpaid interns. Here's what you need to know.
Executed properly, an effective interview is an outstanding approach to strengthening a firm's relationship with a particular client.
Several decades ago, marketers realized that motion pictures were a powerful medium to convey branded messages to their audiences. For a long time, film production was only accessible to large consumer-products companies with massive advertising budgets. This is no longer the case. Nearly two decades after the advent of the Internet, the playing field has finally been leveled.
You can use social media for collaboration, networking, learning, and of course, marketing. If you do the first three well, the fourth is actually more effective.
In last month's issue, we presented a participants' exchange that followed ALFA International's October, 2013, Labor & Employment Practice Group Seminar on "glass ceilings." The conclusion herein shifts the focus to the state of women in leadership roles..
