PROVEN IN AND OUT OF THE COURTROOM
A non-compete agreement helps to define what employees can and cannot do when they leave your company. Generally, this type of agreement keeps someone from starting a competing business or joining the local competition. It’s designed to help a business owner protect...
The executor or personal representative of an estate in Rhode Island is entrusted with a great deal of work. It will typically be their responsibility to secure the property of the deceased individual and to communicate with interested parties, including creditors and...
Your vendors are key to your business operations, so a dispute that gets out of hand can be very disruptive – not to mention expensive. Minimizing disputes with your vendors can be challenging enough, but responding to an actual conflict can be even harder. When...
Employment laws in this country cover a vast array of situations. One of these has to do with employees who file complaints about illegal things that may be going on in a company. Because every employee should feel free to make factual reports about these activities,...
Every family is unique, and that means every family can have uniquely different problems and conflicts. Sometimes those problems or conflicts can cause family members to drift apart, fall out and lose touch entirely – and that can be a major difficulty when it comes...
Adults in Rhode Island, as throughout the rest of the country, often make an effort to avoid estate planning. People tend to view the process of thinking about their deaths or medical dependence as very unpleasant and would prefer to delay it as long as possible. Some...
Online sharing has made it easier than ever before for customers to spread the word about brands and products they truly enjoy. There are also forums and social media platforms where professionals network and discuss different companies from the perspective of working...
Your parents left you significant holdings in a trust, with rules about how the money is supposed to be doled out over time – none of which trouble you much. What does trouble you, however, is the trustee they’ve chosen. Maybe the trustee is a relative, or maybe...
When someone dies in Rhode Island, most of their belongings become the property of their estate until the estate has gone through probate court. The beneficiaries of the estate will have to wait for access to or control over valuable property until the estate has...
You’d really like to expand your operations or explore a collaborative project with another company, but you’re concerned about the potential misuse of your proprietary information. This is where a mutual non-disclosure agreement can benefit you – and your potential...
