What is Corporate Governance? Informally, corporate governance is gathering a group of smart, accomplished people around a board table to make right decisions on behalf of the company and its stakeholders. Formally, Corporate governance facilitates effective management that can deliver long-term success to a company and is the mechanisms, processes, and relations by which companies […]
The Importance of Non-Compete Agreements and How They Can Protect Your Business
March, 2018
Non-compete Agreements in Business Protect your business by having Paul J. Burkhart create a business agreement that covers all bases and will stand up in a court of law to minimize the chance of encountering any problems with former employees down the road. What is a Non-Compete Agreement? A non-compete agreement is created to protect […]
Fixing the Sample Music Industry: A Proposal for a Sample Compulsory License
February, 2018
The law of sampling needs a drastic overhaul to fix its present issues. Click here to read a proposal for a sample compulsory license
Divorce and How Hiring an Experienced Attorney Can Help You Navigate the Process
February, 2018
Divorce Divorce, or the dissolution of marriage, is the termination of marriage and cancels or reorganizes the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage. Dissolution requires a legal process to work through the issues Dissolution brings; Alimony, child custody, child visitation, parenting time, child support, distribution of property and domestic support. When couples say, ‘I do,’ […]
Business Disputes: Commercial and Business Litigation
January, 2018
Litigation Defined: ‘Litigation covers the process of bringing and pursuing, or defending a lawsuit, and encompasses the entire procedure. A lawsuit is a case or controversy authorized by law, to be decided in a court of justice, brought by a person(s) or entity/entities against another person or entity for the purpose of enforcing a right […]
Intellectual Property Litigation and Laws – What an Inventor or Designer Needs to Know to Protect Their Ideas
December, 2017
Intellectual Property Litigation and Laws – What an Inventor or Designer Needs to Know to Protect Their Ideas What is Intellectual Property Litigation? Intellectual property litigation is a vast body of federal and state laws used for securing and enforcing legal rights. They protect creative property such as music, paintings, drawings, film, photography, inventions, and […]
Florida’s Marchman Act
November, 2017
Hal S. Marchman and the Marchman Act The Marchman Act is a law, specific to Florida, also known as The Marchman Alcohol and Other Drug Services Act of 1993 which provides an individual with needed substance abuse services and voluntary or involuntary assessment and treatment for a person abusing alcohol or drugs. Until 1993, Florida […]
The Ins & Outs of Mediation as it Pertains to Families and Family Law
October, 2017
Family Law and Divorce Divorce is one of the most stressful events for an individual or family. If there are children involved, the parties must recognize the relationship they have, while changed, will still exist. It will be tested again and again during birthdays, graduations, weddings, and grandchildren. These events will require a certain level […]
Help! My Child Support is Too High! Paul J. Burkhart Can Help!
September, 2017
Help! My Child Support is Too High! What is Child Support? Child support is paid by one parent to the other parent based on the incomes of each parent and the amount of time sharing exercised by each parent. It is paid to allow the child the same or a similar standard of living as […]
Corporate Compliance
August, 2017
Corporate/Business Legal Compliance Forming a business is an overwhelming undertaking that seems endless and corporate compliance is a big part of that. Business owners need to adhere to corporate compliance In addition to creating and marketing your business. This includes designing, implementing and monitoring policies and procedures and detecting potential violations. It is strongly recommended […]
