Monthly Archives: September 2025
What is Self Dealing and How Can You Avoid Doing It?
As the owner of a company, or a higher level officer or shareholder, you have certain obligations to your company. You are a fiduciary to the company, and owe the company certain duties, including duties of loyalty, and to put the interests of the company ahead of your own, personal interests. Self-Dealing This is… Read More »
What Happens if Someone Doesn’t Pay You Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement?
If you’re in a lawsuit and you’ve settled your case, that’s a good thing, usually. You’ve taken matters into your own hands, and avoided the extended time and cost of litigation and trial, not to mention the uncertainty of the outcome. But just because you’ve agreed as to who will do or pay what,… Read More »
Loss of Goodwill as an Element of Damages in Commercial Litigation Cases
If your business has to sue someone, you may look at only countable monetary losses, as a measure of your damages. But in some cases, the damages to your business go beyond hard financial losses. In some cases, someone may have done something to harm or damage your business’ goodwill. Why So Difficult? Goodwill… Read More »
Employee Evaluations Can Have Legal Consequences
If you have a business, and that business has employees, you may already be giving those employees performance evaluations. But like anything else, there are legal pitfalls to doing such evaluations, if they aren’t done correctly. Protection from Harassment Allegations That’s not to say that they shouldn’t be done. Aside from the business benefits,… Read More »
