Enforcing Restrictions Against Competition in Bucks County
Restrictions against competition are frequently included in employment agreements and agreements for the sale of business assets or stock. The restriction against competition is designed to secure a...
View ArticleFederal Transfer Tax Update – The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Since Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 late into the night of January 1, 2013 (a little late, but it got done) and the President signed it into law on January 2nd there has been...
View ArticleSimple Subpoenas 1.0
Why does it seem to take so long to solve simple problems? For years litigators have had to resort to the use of the cumbersome and needlessly expensive procedures to compel the attendance of a...
View ArticleAdopting a Form for Your Socially Responsible For Profit Enterprise
My heart inevitably sinks when a client asks the ever popular question “What form of legal entity would be best for my for-profit enterprise?” The entrepreneur’s excitement is contagious but answering...
View ArticleScope Of “Work Product” Expert Discovery To Be Considered
Reprinted with permission from April 5, 2013 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. (c)2013 ALM Media Propeties.Further duplication without permission is prohibited. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to...
View ArticleRules Applicable to Summer Internships
With summer just around the corner, employers are inundated with requests by students for summer internships. If your company offers such opportunities, taking a few moments to review the applicable...
View ArticleDo Delaware LLC Managers Have Fiduciary Duties? Maybe.
Just when minority owners of Delaware LLCs thought that the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) protected them from overreaching managers, along comes the Delaware Supreme Court to say...
View Article'Tis the Season...for Tax Free Gifts
It’s December. The holiday season is a time of families and gift-giving. It is also the time of tax planning and annual exclusion giving. The annual exclusion refers to the amount a person can give...
View ArticleCharitable Donations: Deductions, Limitations, and Substantiation
The holiday season is critical for charities. According to Charity Navigator, a charity will (on average) receive 41% of its annual contributions between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Another study by...
View ArticleThe Planning Commission: Development's Front Line
By: Donald B. Veix, Esq., Chair, Plumstead Township Planning Commission, Partner at Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLPPlumstead Township’s paid administrative staff, professionals and governing body,...
View ArticleEnforcing Restrictions Against Competition in Bucks County
Restrictions against competition are frequently included in employment agreements and agreements for the sale of business assets or stock. The restriction against competition is designed to secure a...
View ArticleFederal Transfer Tax Update – The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Since Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 late into the night of January 1, 2013 (a little late, but it got done) and the President signed it into law on January 2nd there has been...
View ArticleSimple Subpoenas 1.0
Why does it seem to take so long to solve simple problems? For years litigators have had to resort to the use of the cumbersome and needlessly expensive procedures to compel the attendance of a...
View ArticleAdopting a Form for Your Socially Responsible For Profit Enterprise
My heart inevitably sinks when a client asks the ever popular question “What form of legal entity would be best for my for-profit enterprise?” The entrepreneur’s excitement is contagious but answering...
View ArticleScope Of “Work Product” Expert Discovery To Be Considered
Reprinted with permission from April 5, 2013 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. (c)2013 ALM Media Propeties.Further duplication without permission is prohibited. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to...
View ArticleRules Applicable to Summer Internships
With summer just around the corner, employers are inundated with requests by students for summer internships. If your company offers such opportunities, taking a few moments to review the applicable...
View ArticleTo Amend or Not to Amend, The Third Circuit Answers the Question
By Patricia C. Collins, Esquire Reprinted with permission from June 14, 2013 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. (c) 2013 ALM Media Propeties. Further duplication without permission is prohibited....
View ArticleThe Perils of Equity-Based Compensation
Employers frequently want to attract new, super-talented management to an existing Company, or potentially worse, have already promised to give one or more trusted and loyal current employees equity as...
View ArticleGood News for Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractors
Four years ago, the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA) went into effect, forcing home improvement contractors to register with the Commonwealth and to comply with various contracting...
View ArticleSealed with a ....... 20 Year Statute of Limitations
From time to time, a client asks about when and why a corporate seal is necessary. Even some attorneys (particularly from out of state) question during contract negotiations whether the phrase...
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