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Recent Legal Issues Articles

Litigation: Employee Lawsuits -- the Flip Side

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1995

An oil company brought suit against a past employee who left and gave the competition proprietary information.  Read more

A New Way to Cut Legal Bills

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1995

A quick look at a legal service that allows start-ups and other small companies discounted rates.  Read more

Still the Land of Opportunity

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1995

Inc's Editor-in-Chief offers some thoughts from an entrenpreneur on the opportunities in the United States.  Read more

Benchmark: Local-Tax Burdens Moderate

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1995

Some results from a Cooopers Lybrand survey of small businesses concerning coporate state and local taxes.  Read more

Congress Versus the Bureaucrats

By Jerry Jasinowski |  Sep 1, 1995

The president of the National Assoc. of Manufacturers explains changes he sees underway in Washington, D.C.  Read more

Diversity: More Than Just Affirmative Action

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1995

A look at a CEO who learned his company's affirmative action program was inadequate, and how he corrected it.  Read more

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

By Donna Fenn |  Mar 1, 1995

Book that gives employers the facts about managing employees and the law.  Read more

Mini Good Form: How the Right Kind of Bill Can Control Your Legal Costs

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1995

A lawyer analyzes a legal bill, pointing out specific areas that legal customers should watch for overbilling.  Read more

A Bad Investment

By Timothy Bates |  Jan 1, 1995

A professor of labor and urban studies explains why empowerment zones are doomed, and offers a better plan.  Read more

Setting Up an AIDS Policy

Jan 1, 1995

It's never too soon to write a company AIDS policy.  Read more

Inside Memo on Insider Info

Jan 1, 1995

Protect yourself and your company from getting into trouble with the SEC by setting up a securities compliance program.  Read more

Writing Off Temptation

By Rogers, Martha, Kasanoff, Bruce |  Jan 1, 1995

It's important to think aboutwhat protections you have in place to ensure that fraud isn't overly tempting.  Read more

Libation Liability

Jan 1, 1995

Lawyers advise companies to set clear policies about drinking on site.  Read more

Alphabet Soup

By Heather E. Stone |  Nov 1, 1994

A manufacturer tells what it took to move her product from invention to production and international distribution.  Read more

Regulation: 'Activist' Labor Department

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1994

A quick explanation of why Joseph E. Kalet's book 'Primer on FLSA Other Wage and Hour Laws' is an important resource.  Read more

Taxes: Know the Rules for Storing Computer Records

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1994

An accounting firm partner briefly discusses the IRS's guidelines for retaining electronic records.  Read more

Workplace Violence: Defusing Dangerous Employees

By Michael P. Cronin |  Oct 1, 1994

A lawyer presents guidelines to balance federal requirements with employee protection to avoid lawsuits.  Read more

Hiring: Try Taping Those Interviews

By Michael P. Cronin |  Sep 1, 1994

Two personnel experts share tips on making audio recordings of interviews and what to watch out for when taping.  Read more

Cost Control: Cut Property Tax

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1994

A property-tax expert explains that almost every company is overassessed for its personal property and how to lower it.  Read more

When Big Changes Happen to Small Companies

By Bela L. Musits |  Aug 1, 1994

Imagine your entire company being put into an upheaval by a change in your industry's regulatory environment.  Read more

A Better-Looking S Corp.

By Sam Starr |  Aug 1, 1994

Pending legislation would put S corporations on a more equal footing with C corporations.  Read more

How to Comply with the ADA

By Michael P. Cronin |  Aug 1, 1994

The Americans with Disabilities Act now applies to companies with only 15 or more employees.  Read more

Dingdong! OSHA Calling

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jul 1, 1994

How to handle OSHA inspections properly.  Read more

Why Us?

By Judy Wicks |  Jun 1, 1994

Restaurant owner writes about why she agrees with President Clinton that businesses should fund the nation's health care  Read more

The Best Little Advocacy Group in America

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  May 1, 1994

NAWBO, with its assertive marketing and effective consensus building, could best represent small business in Washington.  Read more