Louis Vuitton is a well-known luxury fashion retailer that sells products all around the globe. As with any luxury product, there are other entities who are selling knock-offs to unsuspecting California residents. When this happens, they can be held liable for...
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Can you protect your company from whistleblower complaints?
As a California business owner, you want to do everything possible to protect your business. While installing security cameras and handicap ramps can be a great start, you need to think beyond the basics. Whistleblower complaints are a risk, and receiving one for your...
When does a firing violate at-will employment exceptions?
Letting an employee go is never an easy decision. Yet there are many situations where you (as an employer in California) may have little choice but to do so. Your concerns over such action are understandable; the potential of a dismissed employee accusing you of...
Enforcement of Chinese arbitration awards
Many companies who engage in worldwide business must agree to undergo arbitration before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. If your business wins an arbitration decision before CIETAC, you may also need to pursue enforcement of the...
Why should you consider a buy-sell agreement?
Buy-sell agreements can ease your mind as a business owner. They specify succession plans in the case of many events, depending on how you word them. It can provide security and organization ahead of time to prepare you when confusion or shake-ups occur. The strange...
How to prevent wage and hour lawsuits
Litigation is an inevitable part of business, but how much so depends in part on how proactive you are in preventing cause for lawsuits. One of the highest sources of claims is employees, and an increasingly growing reason for suing is over wage and hour...