Sean D’Leer and Patty O’Door are the proud owners of STD Contractors, a heavy construction business in Texas. They are starting to see more large commercial development activity and are considering hiring more laborers to staff up for what they hope to be a sustained economic recovery. However, all of the recent news about immigration
ObamaCare: Is it Really Out of the Woods?
Dan Driver’s rapidly growing computer IT business Byte Back is busier than ever and needs help. Not forgetting his cash flow crunches of 2007, Dan is watching labor costs steadily rise. Healthcare insurance is his #2 greatest expense behind wages. All of this talk about employee healthcare insurance has left Byte Back paralyzed as an
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire – Can You Really Be Sentenced for Perjury?
Chuck Ponzi is subpoenaed to testify in a fraud case concerning a complex pyramid scheme. Ponzi’s deposition testimony is critical to the Plaintiff’s claims that investors were promised a 100% profit within 90 days of their investment. Having read about Roger Clemens recently avoiding perjury charges because his deposition testimony was not presented in court
Return of the Stray Mac – Can You Claim Ownership of Stray Live Stock
Ray Kroc, a resident of a rural town in Texas, awoke one morning to find several head of cattle grazing in his backyard. Kroc does not have any idea who the owner might be and the cattle are untagged, unbranded and have no other identifying marks. Kroc is hopeful that Texas has some type of
Bounty Hunters on the Football Field
Reports surfaced last week that several NFL teams were linked to a “bounty” scandal in which defensive players and coaches pooled cash together to pay players for big hits, which resulted in “knockouts” or “cart-offs.”
As the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, fashions an appropriate punishment, the scandal could have both civil and criminal implications.
It’s Snow Joke: Are Companies Required to Give Snow days?
Remembering the wintery weather of 2011 when the weather outside was frightful, Jack Frost and Dee Ice worry whether ice and snow will force them to close their office this year. Last year, many employees were forced to stay home with their young children whose schools were closed despite the fact that their employers kept
How to Dissolve a Business
Anita Deal and Ivana Bie formed their commercial real estate business Dirt Cheap, LLC several years ago. Through 2007 it was wildly successful. Then the bottom fell out. Their friendship, tenacity and cash reserves are waning. Ivana believes that the market has turned and that now is the greatest real estate buying opportunity of all
Do Recreational Waiver Forms Really Limit Lawsuits?
It’s Halloween. Linda Blair, Rosemary, Buffy and fellow high school senior girlfriends are looking for something to do. Trick-or-treating is boring. The thought of staying home with parents is unbearable. With no particular plan in mind, the eighteen year olds, like all bored teenagers, head to the mall. As the girls leave Abercrombie and Fitch