Feb 5, 2018 | Corporation, Employment, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Sexual harassment, Small business
How to protect your employees and your company against sexual harassment claims In my last post I highlighted the importance for every employer—both for-profit and nonprofit—to review their sexual harassment policies and practices, in light of recent high-profile...
Jan 30, 2018 | Corporation, Employment, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Sexual harassment, Small business
Recent sexual harassment scandals mean all businesses should be reviewing their own policies By now everyone knows about the recent sexual harassment scandals involving prominent politicians, celebrities, and business people. As we have seen from examples involving...
Jan 22, 2018 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Law firms, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Startups
Using a fractional general counsel provides your company high-quality legal service at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. Hiring a full-time in-house attorney may not make economic sense...
Nov 28, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, healthcare, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Uber hid 2016 cyberattack affected 57 million Uber customers and drivers: five lessons for every business Ride-sharing service Uber recently disclosed that it suffered a massive cyberattack in October 2017, in which personal information of some 50 million customers...
Nov 13, 2017 | Limiting liability
New Cybersecurity Regulations Apply to Colorado Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors Earlier this year, the Colorado Division of Securities issued regulations affecting Colorado broker-dealers and investment advisers. The regulations require broker-dealers and...
Nov 1, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Ransomware
Denver Art Museum suffers data breach affecting information of 800 people As I’ve written in previous blog posts, size doesn’t matter when it comes to the risk of a data breach. Nor does it matter whether the organization breached is a business or a...
Oct 31, 2017 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Small business, Startups
A fractional general counsel can provide excellent legal services at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. For a business that needs ongoing legal services, hiring a full-time in-house...
Oct 2, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Small and mid-sized businesses worried after recent Equifax data breach By now, almost everyone has heard or read about the recent data breach of Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies in the U.S. According to Equifax, as many as 143 million...
Sep 20, 2017 | Limiting liability
Equifax data breach: consumers and companies at risk By now almost everyone has read or heard about the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies. According to news reports, 143 million Americans have had sensitive personal...
Aug 29, 2017 | accounting firms, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
Federal Trade Commission settles with tax preparation company over violations of privacy and security requirements that apply to all tax preparers I have written in previous posts that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley statute, which many believe only applies to “financial...
