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Why Owners, Contractors, and Design Professionals Need a Mass Tort Litigator on Their Team
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevant Why Owners, Contractors, and Design Professionals Need a Mass Tort Litigator on Their Team Virtually every commercial or residential building constructed before 1988 contains toxic chemicals on the land or the interior fixtures. Generally, these hazards range from the presence of asbestos to…
Franchise Facts: Help! I’ve Fallen Into a Franchise and I Can’t Get Out!
If you’ve ever signed a cable contract, cell phone plan, alarm agreement, or gym membership agreement, you’ve probably learned that canceling those contracts is not always easy. Most have a cancellation fee, and unless there are extenuating circumstances, many vendors will not waive those fees. The bottom line is that you cannot simply walk away…
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover: Part III – The Impact on Custody
Click here to read Part 2. In December of 1975 singer/songwriter Paul Simon wrote and released “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” In the first of my prior two blogs based off of Paul Simon’s song “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” I considered the impact on a Virginia fault based divorce of desertion…
Telebriefs®: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Arbitration Agreements Preventing Class Action Lawsuits
On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that companies may use arbitration agreements to prohibit employees from filing collective or class action lawsuits. In a 5 to 4 decision, the court ruled that such agreements must be respected and afforded deference under the Federal Arbitration Act. The ruling means that employers with individual employment…
The Weekly Scenario: Tenants by the Entirety (TBE) Ownership
Question: What does Tenants by the Entirety (TBE) ownership mean and does TBE ownership protect property from claims of creditors? Answer: In most states, a married couple may own several types of property TBE, including, but not limited to, bank accounts, real property and personal property. In fact, the law presumes that real property acquired…
Is THAT Legal? -Flag Edition
[quiz-cat id=”57602″] “Is THAT Legal?” is designed to bring awareness to the crazy and wacky laws that still exist in the United States. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at trepczynski@offitkurman.com or 703.745.1801. Stay tuned for the next edition every other week! ABOUT THOMAS REPCZYNSKI Thomas Repczynski…
Mitigating Your Risks of Cyberattack and Data Breach: Part 2 – Legal Perspectives of Creating a Data Breach and Response Plan
Click here to read Part 1 A four-step data breach and response plan can be viewed here. Lawyers are, or should be involved in all four steps of this process, obviously being most involved in defining and implementing the legal requirements which permeate all these stages. Let’s look at an example of the value-add of…
Read Delete: How to Position Your Business for a Strategic Acquisition
Written by Mark Daoust, the Founder of Quiet Light Brokerage: “In the past year, I’ve had multiple competitors approach me to acquire one of the businesses that I own. Being approached by competitors — or anyone for that matter — is always flattering, but, more importantly, it opens a door for many business owners that…
Mitigating Your Risks of Cyberattack and Data Breach: Part 1 – A Four Step Data Breach and Response Plan
Data subject to a data breach generally fall into one of four categories: personally identifiable information (PII); protected health information (PHI); financial data (such as credit card or banking information) or a business’s trade secret or other confidential business; information. Each category is targeted by different actors. Insider threats such as employee (or ex-employee) negligence…
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