What is privileged when you have to interview your corporate client’s CEO, or a security guard, or a manager, or even former employees? Does the attorney-client privilege apply to your interview? Is the employee your client? Does the work-product privilege apply?» Read More

Does your small to mid-size enterprise or start-up company handle the personal information of European Union (“EU”) citizens? Do you have plans to expand your business to handle a wider range of customer personal information in the future? Listen up, because missteps in complying with data privacy laws have huge consequences.» Read More

Whether you are selling your business, bringing on an investor, hiring an outsourcing provider, or making some other commercial arrangement, you must think about protecting your business’ confidential information. One way to do this is with a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Before you speak with someone outside of your company about a possible business relationship, having them sign an NDA will help prevent them from disclosing or using your information, while also permitting you to speak freely with them.» Read More

Legal due diligence is most often discussed in the context of merger and acquisition transactions.  This makes sense; when a person or business seeks to purchase another business entity, it is prudent to know exactly what is being purchased.  However, due diligence is often overlooked in other, less obvious, contexts.» Read More

I want to thank you for following our blog and to let you know that we are expanding the focus of this blog to General Business Law.

Through this change, we hope to provide insights into several additional areas of the law such as corporate law, M&A, finance, and regulated industries just to name a few.  » Read More

The City of Allentown announced yesterday that it will be hosing a “Retail Mosaic” Competition, which is a Shark Tank-like competition that is aiming to open 10 new retail locations in Allentown. The winners of the competition will receive up to $15,000 in loans.» Read More

In December of 2013, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) and an electric utility company reached a settlement regarding an anonymous complaint letter from an employee of the utility.  The employee alleged that during the October 2011 snowstorm electric outages, a work crew member deviated from an assigned high-priority area and allegedly diverted to a lower-priority area.» Read More

It has recently been announced that Cvent – one of the leaders in online event management and planning – has removed the Lehigh Valley from being lumped into “Philadelphia and countryside,” and has listed the Lehigh Valley as it’s own meeting and event destination.  » Read More

We are a proud sponsor of the upcoming Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Council event, ” In Good Spirits: A Bethlehem CRIZ Update at the Social Still Micro-Distillery,” from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 10  This event, the YPC’s fourth installment in their popular Downtown Revitalization Series, showcases South Side Bethlehem’s first completed CRIZ project, The Social Still Micro-Distillery & Kitchen located at 530 East 3rd  Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015.» Read More

The West Hills Business Center, located at the New Smithville interchange of I-78 in western Lehigh County, is one of the Lehigh Valley’s newest industrial parks.  This park, which is being developed by the Hillwood Companies based in Dallas, Texas, has already become the home for Ocean Spray’s North East warehouse operations located in a 980,000-square-foot facility.» Read More