Category Archives: Small Business
Is It Time For Your Small Business To Pivot Away From Facebook And Instagram?
The feeling of panic was palpable when Facebook and other social media platforms under its control, including Instagram and What’s App, experienced an outage earlier this month. The outage lasted less than a day, but it was long enough to make people realize how much they depend on these platforms to stay socially connected. … Read More »
A Business Law Attorney Can Be The Antidote To Your Entrepreneurial Exuberance
The best business partner is someone whose thought processes line up closely with yours. “Opposites attract” does not usually apply to business partnerships; to borrow an idea from an old Freakonomics podcast, Bert and Ernie might get along well as friends and roommates, but if they embarked on a business venture together, not only… Read More »
What If Facebook Paid All The Invoices Owed To Your Small Business?
If your small business remained profitable during the COVID-19 pandemic which has dragged on for the past year and a half, there is a good chance that Facebook has helped you accomplish this. Social media provides versatile ways for small businesses to connect with customers even before the pandemic hit, and during the long… Read More »
Biden Issues Executive Order Targeting Unfair Use Of Non-Compete Clauses
On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at curbing 72 business practices he deemed detrimental to fair market competition and to the rights of workers. One of these actions is the improper use of non-compete clauses, which are very prevalent in employment contracts. The text of the executive order… Read More »
How Businesses Can Protect Themselves Against Wrongful Termination Of Employment Lawsuits
Maryland’s at-will employment laws make it possible for employers to terminate the employment of any employee for any reason, unless the employee has a written contract saying that their job is guaranteed to last until a certain date. Most of the time, when an employer terminates an employee’s job, it is either because of… Read More »
What United Healthcare’s New “Non-Emergency ER Visit” Policy Means For Your Small Business
The COVID-19 pandemic changed so many aspects of our daily lives, so it is no surprise that it changed how we think about healthcare and health insurance. All but the wealthiest were in a position where a health problem not covered by insurance would be financially disastrous. We started to talk about health services… Read More »
Debt Collection Has An Image Problem
As a business owner, you are well aware that you have to spend money to get money. Before you invest any money in marketing, you think carefully about which marketing strategies will give you the best return on your investment. During the pandemic, business owners have also been resourceful about seeking funding through grants… Read More »
Selling Your Debt: Possibly Good For The Bottom Line, But Definitely Bad For Your Reputation
It’s annoying to get phone calls from companies with which you have an unpaid past-due balance, but you know on some level that, by running up a bill with them, you were implicitly promising to pay it. When a collection agency calls you to pester you about a debt, though, rage is a natural… Read More »
COVID-19 Vaccinations Mean A More Productive Workforce And A Tax Credit For Business Owners
The good news is that more than 29 percent of the population of Maryland and more than a quarter of the population of the District of Columbia is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The better news is that both Maryland and DC still have plenty of vaccine doses left to distribute. One out of every… Read More »
How To Incentivize Your Employees To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine
By all accounts, Maryland has done a commendable job of making COVID-19 vaccines available and reopening businesses for in-person activities. Still, the number of new vaccine doses being administered nationwide has plateaued. Currently, about a third of the population of the United States is fully vaccinated, which is encouraging, but hardly enough to achieve… Read More »
