On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act (the Act) into law. The Act will benefit small businesses in several ways, including extensions of Small Business Administration (SBA) lending programs and tax breaks.
On October 5, 2010, the SBA approved small busine... Read more >
Buried in the health care reform act passed earlier this year is a provision requiring the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) to create a program promoting Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). This program will provide strong financial incentives for doctors, hospitals, an... Read more >
We live in an era where litigation is an ever-present, and a sometimes overwhelmingly frequent, consequence of doing business. Businesses must be aware of their obligations under the law to prepare for potential litigation on an ongoing basis. The advent of email and other forms of elect... Read more >
Employees in the health care field are protected from retaliation by their employers for complaining about violations if those violations affect public health or safety. In fact, the Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act generally provides that an employer in the health care field ma... Read more >
In a recent bankruptcy case, the debtor bought goods from the vendor and paid the vendor $1.9 million for the goods. A court held that the vendor had to return those payments because the payments were not properly authorized by the bankruptcy court. The payments - for the purchase of inv... Read more >
In a recent controversial opinion that allowed insurers and business owners to breath a huge sigh of relief, Maryland’s highest court upheld the constitutionality of Maryland’s cap on non-economic damages, meaning that a plaintiff’s claim for pain and suffering damages is limited regardless of... Read more >
Contrary to popular belief, a limited liability company (LLC) does not offer absolute protection. As with corporate officers and agents, members and managers of LLCs can be personally liable for wrongful acts they commit, even when acting on behalf of the LLC. The protection a LLC does o... Read more >
Your small business wants to refinance a mortgage that is about to mature, but can’t refinance in the private market because the economic meltdown has left your business with real estate worth near the amount of your existing loan, or less. If this sounds like you, the SBA’s new progr... Read more >
Where is your money and is it protected? Often, account holders such as businesses determine that their financial institution is insured through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and do not think about it again. During the... Read more >
Greg Garrett wrote this article based on the Court of Appeals decision in Ruffin Hotel Corp. v. Gasper, which ruled that the plaintiff's negligent retention claim based on sexual harassment was not preempted by the Workers' Compensation Act, and that the "prior bad acts rule" does not appl... Read more >
