Corporate & Business Law / Practice on February 4, 2016
Michael Semanie, partner at Killgore Pearlman law firm, recently wrote about protecting your firm’s online reputation for the Orlando Business Journal… With so many consumers turning to online reviews before making a buying decision, businesses understandably are concerned with protecting their online reputation. Online reputation management services offer some possible solutions for addressing negative reviews. […]
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Corporate & Business Law / Practice on February 4, 2016
Christopher W. Hayes, Esq., partner at Killgore Pearlman, is speaking on the topic of changes to Florida’s limited liability company act as a faculty presenter at the National Business Institute’s CLE entitled “Florida’s Revised LLC Act: What You Need to Know.” The CLE shall be held on February 5, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Orlando. […]
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Employment Law/Non-Compete Agreement on December 9, 2015
The Abercrombie & Fitch clothing chain cannot require its salespeople to buy and wear Abercrombie & Fitch clothes in order to work there, says a federal court in California. The court okayed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 62,000 Abercrombie employees in the state, based on the claim that the company’s “look policy” required them […]
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Commercial Litigation / Corporate & Business Law on December 9, 2015
“Discovery” is the phase of a lawsuit before trial in which the two sides have a right to demand relevant information from each other. Sometimes, big companies suing little companies try to “bury” the little company with endless requests for information, hoping to find some stray helpful tidbit or simply pressure the little company to […]
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Corporate & Business Law / Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution on December 9, 2015
A software company called TIBCO tried to protect itself by including a non-compete clause in its employment agreements. It also required that any disputes over the employment relationship go to arbitration rather than being tried in court. When an employee left to work for a competitor, TIBCO filed a lawsuit and asked for an emergency […]
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Corporate & Business Law on December 9, 2015
Competitors can’t legally use the same name as your company – at least if you’ve properly protected it. But what if they use a similar name, or the same name for a different product? This can be a tricky question, because it often turns on whether the public is likely to actually be confused. In […]
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Employment Law/Non-Compete Agreement on December 9, 2015
Did you know that executives and other employees may have a legal obligation to be “loyal” to their companies? This means that they have to act in the company’s interest, and not deliberately harm the company or take advantage of it for their own interest. This came up in a recent New Jersey case where […]
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Commercial Litigation / Corporate & Business Law on December 9, 2015
A New York company ran a loan-application website. As part of the application process, users had to click a box to get from one screen to the next. Above the box it said, “Clicking the box below constitutes your acceptance of … the borrower registration agreement.” The borrower registration agreement wasn’t on the page, but […]
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Corporate & Business Law on December 9, 2015
Your competitor’s advertising makes false claims about how great its products are – or worse yet, disparages your own products. What are your options? You have a range of alternatives, from complaining to a private or government agency to filing a lawsuit. Here’s a look at some of the choices. If your competitor is saying […]
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Estate Planning / Family Law on October 2, 2015
A growing number of older people don’t have a spouse, children, or other close relatives. One of the biggest concerns in such a situation is how to prepare in case the person eventually becomes disabled or incapacitated. Such a person could, of course, give a power of attorney to a friend, and assume the friend […]
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