Reminder: Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Deadline is December 31, 2024 (or Sooner)

by: Steven Land The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), which went into effect on January 1, 2024, requires nearly all businesses that were formed prior to January 1, 2024 to disclose the identity of their individual beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury (“FinCEN”), […]

PREMISES LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

By Louis Niedelman, Esq. As a New Jersey business owner, you have certain defined responsibilities to people who are on your premises. New Jersey law classifies occupiers of premises as trespassers, licensees and business invitees. Your duty to protect these persons depends upon their status. Your responsibilities to a trespasser: A trespasser is defined as […]

Four Disastrous IP Mistakes Most Companies Make

Companies, especially start-up businesses, routinely agonize over the development of new products and services, costs and pricing, as well as their physical plant, operations, sales, distribution, human resources, etc. However, these companies rarely pay enough attention to the intellectual property (IP) aspects of their business, mostly because they are unfamiliar with core IP concepts. There […]