Congratulations! Your business is expanding, work is pouring in and you think it’s time to hire someone to help you handle it all. When it’s time to hire your first employee, it’s important to do everything “by the book” instead of “under the table.” Here’s a quick...
Entrepreneurs opening up a new business will quickly run into the challenges that face small business owners on a daily basis. The Griswold Law Blog will be posting a series of articles intended to address some of the obstacles that come along with running your own...
For many businesses, success depends upon keeping certain, key pieces of company information strictly in-house. This information might be a certain technique or formula used to create a product, a client list, or a business plan- all of these could indeed represent...
While non-compete agreements are generally unenforceable in California, an employer can restrict an employee from utilizing, stealing, disclosing or compromising the employer’s trade secrets, data, client lists, patents, etc. Such confidential, proprietary information...