This is a time of joint ventures and partnerships.  With commercial financing still difficult to come by, business owners are entertaining loans and investments from private parties and joint ventures/partnerships with other businesses.  So, lots of Non-Disclosure Agreements ("NDAs") are being used. 

Take a look on the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation Website and you’ll notice there are a lot of limited liability companies whose right to do business and name have been forfeited for failing to file personal property tax returns. It happens. The returns are among the last things that many LLC members think about.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has issued a notice informing employers that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is targeting industry groups, specifically the health care industry, in its investigations of FLSA compliance.