chuck rouse hal goss
Lawyers spend their careers helping clients grow businesses and navigate hurdles along the way. Some firms are so focused on clients that they don’t always stop to strategize their own business future. That’s why it caught some by surprise this fall when two heavy hitters — Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes LLC and White Goss PC — decided to stop competing against one another. They joined forces instead to expand their…
HR 5050
Nearly 10 million American women own businesses. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners, these entrepreneurs pay more than $264 billion in wages to more than 8 million employees, and their companies contribute more than $1.4 trillion in sales to the  U.S. economy. Such staggering numbers would have been hard for some to imagine a generation ago, when women often couldn’t get a  business loan without a male…
arbitration
During its recent session, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that many businesses applaud. The case Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis dealt with the enforceability of certain arbitration agreements in federal court. The Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that under the Federal Arbitration Act, agreements providing for individualized arbitration proceedings are enforceable. The decision has been heralded as a win for employers throughout the United States. Businesses have…