Three New Partners Join Culhane Meadows’ Expanding Dallas Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Hope Heyman – (212) 366-5033 publicrelations@culhane.law Sheila Gray, Matthew Harper, and Scott Sample Join Rapidly-Expanding, Cloud-Based Law Firm “Disrupting” Conventional Law Firm Business Model DALLAS, TX (April 24, 2017) — Underscoring its commitment to serving its Texas clients, Culhane Meadows, one of the fastest-growing, cloud-based national law firms has added three new […]
Culhane Meadows Expands in NYC with Addition of Four New Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Hope Heyman – (212) 366-5033 publicrelations@culhane.law Christopher Giles, Mishell Kneeland, David Leffler, and Jorge Salva Join Rapidly-Expanding, Cloud-Based Law Firm “Disrupting” Conventional Law Firm Business Model
7th Circuit Recognizes Sex Orientation in Historic Title VII Case: Time to Update Your Handbook Policies and Training?
On April 4, 2017, in the Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College case, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in an 8 – 3 decision, that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation is covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the […]
Fast-Growing National Business Firm Culhane Meadows Adds Five Lateral Partners to Chicago Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Hope Heyman – (212) 366-5033 publicrelations@culhane.law Jamal Edwards, Elissa Isaacs, Stephen O’Donnell, Steven Shapiro, and Michelle Skinner Join Rapidly-Expanding, Cloud-Based Law Firm “Disrupting” Conventional Law Firm Business Model CHICAGO, IL (April 3, 2017) — Underscoring its commitment to serving Chicago-based clients, Culhane Meadows, the fast-growing, cloud-based national law firm has […]
COURT SUSTAINS “WHISTLEBLOWER” CLAIM UNDER NEW YORK’S REVISED NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW
Following a multi-year effort, New York State adopted a comprehensive revision of its statute governing not-for-profit corporations that took effect in mid-2014.[1] Part of the revision was the enactment of a “Whistleblower Policy,” the purpose of which is “. . . to protect from retaliation persons who report suspected improper conduct.” N.Y. N-PCL §715-B(a). More […]
Commercial Property Lease Renewals: Getting A Head Start
Landlords negotiate leases every day, but most tenants do not. They’re usually too busy running their own businesses and probably less familiar with the leasing process as well. Thus, tenants tend to forget about their lease renewals and leave themselves insufficient time to evaluate and implement preferred leasing options. Starting a lease renewal process early […]
A Primer on Mediation and Arbitration
Most business people, and many lawyers who don’t try lawsuits for a living, don’t know much about mediation or arbitration, the two most common forms of alternative dispute resolution. Nearly everyone’s heard of these procedures, but most people don’t learn much about them until they’re called on to participate in some way. Here are some […]
Defining Occurence In Insurance Policies
A basic risk management tool for just about any kind of organization is its liability insurance coverage. Despite its ubiquity, however, some fairly basic provisions of a liability insurance policy, such as its definition of an occurrence, can still yield unpleasant surprises,
Ransomware: An Increased Cybersecurity Threat For Businesses
In its recently released Ransomware: An Increased Cybersecurity Threat For Businesses, the Online Trust Alliance reported that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting businesses with ransomware realizing the value of the data they hold hostage. Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts files and demands a ransom payment, usually in Bitcoin (a form of digital currency that is created and […]
Good Guy Guaranty For Start-Up Tenant
Don’t Let the Good Guy Finish Last! You’re a good guy, right? Everyone says so. You work hard, play fair and try to do right by others. Now, you’ve quit your job to start your own business – which will inevitably sky-rocket you, your family and perhaps your college buddy or sibling who is taking […]
The New York Commercial Division Adds New Rules
The Commercial Division of New York’s Supreme Court turned 20 in 2015, an occasion marked by a conference and accompanying booklet on its accomplishments (link here: https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/comdiv/NY/PDFs/CDbrochure.pdf), and, in the last few weeks, by a 12-minute video birthday card of sorts (you can watch it at https://vimeo.com/151074229, using the password Justice). But lest you think […]
BEPS -Double Irish/ Dutch Sandwich Hybrid Entity Mismatches – Part II of II
THE CLASSIC DOUBLE IRISH WITH A DUTCH SANDWICH (“DIDS”) In Part I of this article, I discussed the mechanism by which some very prominent U.S. multinational companies have been able to reduce global income tax on mobile income, such as royalties on sales of software to, at times, almost nil by routing such income through […]