Did you miss our program with the Indiana Secretary of State's Office on February 22? Here are the top five takeaways!

For a law firm, providing registered agent services to clients may, on the surface, appear to be an obvious choice. After all, registered agents facilitate the receipt of service of process and receive other official documents for tax and legal purposes that require a response from a business. In addition, a registered agent can play a vital role in ensuring that a business entity maintains its good standing by complying with various jurisdictional laws and requirements.

The requirements that govern business entity compliance at the state level are varied and complex. In companies with multiple entities in multiple jurisdictions, the busy corporate legal department is hard-pressed to both monitor all requirements and efficiently comply with them.

Choosing a registered agent is a critical issue for newly forming and qualifying companies. In choosing whether to appoint an individual or a corporate registered agent, businesses should take into consideration certain risks inherent in choosing an individual.

A private equity fund is an investment entity formed by an investment adviser (often also referred to as a fund manager or sponsor), that raises capital from investors to make investments in private companies under a specified investment strategy. Typically, the investors commit to investing a certain amount of capital over time, in one or more capital calls made over the course of the private equity fund’s life cycle. 

Protecting intellectual property in an increasingly globalized and technology dependent economy creates challenging legal concerns for almost every business. Almost every day, the news highlights how protecting intellectual property is an ongoing concern for business. For example, Purdue Global’s decision whether to eliminate confidentiality provisions in its employment contracts

In setting up an ESOP, the employer company sets up a trust fund and either contributes new shares of the employer stock or cash to buy existing shares of the employer’s stock or alternatively the ESOP can borrow money to buy new or existing shares of the employer’s stock, with the employer making cash contributions to the plan for the plan to repay the loan.

Unfortunately, across industries, when a corporation is targeted for a government investigation, you can almost expect that consumer class actions will follow. For in-house and general counsel, it's basically the epitome of going from bad to worse.

Law Firm economics can be confusing, especially since there’s a lack of quality content on the net. It’s not something that is taught in Law School nor is it black and white as to how time and effort affects revenue minus expenses to then earn a profit.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been in force in the European Union for a month and remains a hot topic among corporate decision-makers in the US. It should also remain top of mind for M&A practitioners regardless of geography.