Imagine, if you will, that you are a shareholder in a company called Amalgamated Widgets, Inc. Over the last three quarters, you’ve seen a considerable drop in the company’s revenue…
Shutting down all or part of your business isn’t simply a matter of settling out accounts and satisfying consents and contracts. Just like every other aspect of your business, closing…
The corporate veil is one of the most important legal tools in protecting the personal assets of shareholders or the assets of a large parent company. Courts are generally loath…
The Gertsburg Law Firm is the first all value-billing business law firm in Northeast Ohio. This means we bill for our work product and our results, not the amount of…
If you own or operate a business in Ohio (indeed, in any state in the U.S.), a background check is a necessary component of your hiring process. Background checks are…
The last thing you want to worry about are the people you interview but don’t hire. For every position, there are stacks of applications and running your business takes up…
This is the fourth in a series of blog discussions about Ohio’s consumer laws. The blogs are designed to raise awareness of a part of business owner’s potential pitfalls of these…
There are countless business practices and laws in place today that slowly evolved into their present form. As a result, they don’t make a whole lot of sense without some…
When you suffer property damage (an “occurrence” in insurance jargon), whether to your house, car, or other property, a familiar bit of folk wisdom might come to mind: Don’t file…
If you believe an employee is stealing from your business, it is easy to say that the most effective resolution is termination. In some cases, termination is an easy solution….