I’ve helped a lot of employers draft and implement non-compete agreements with their employees. Wisconsin has strict requirements about how you can restrict an employee both during and after employment. The goal of a non-compete is to protect your business’ secrets, customers, and geographic area of sales. Non-competes, like any contract must be supported by …
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At the Superior Sunrise Centennial Rotary Club’s meeting yesterday, I learned about a new opportunity to discover and promote Superior, Wisconsin events and activities. Explore Superior is a new offering thanks to a forward-thinking group from the Superior Leadership program. The page allows you to register and post your Superior events, photos, and …
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My husband just celebrated a birthday this week. We are still young people, with children, a home, cars, life insurance policies, modest investments and debt. Personal disclosure coming – we do not have an estate plan. It’s just something we keep saying we need to do, but never actually get around to. Most of my …
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Please note that I actually wrote this on Wednesday, just didn’t get it published until today! I help a lot of people set up an LLC with the State of Wisconsin. The process isn’t very complicated and I sometimes do it online, with my clients present. Don’t think that this post is going to give …
“The portion of what lawyers do that absolutely, positively, nobody else can do is thin and shrinking.” Jordan Furlong, Three Ways to Compete in the Marketplace; New Math, New Money: A Lawyer’s Guide to the Changing Business of Law. It is a warning that has been coming at lawyers for years now. Our system of …
January 5, 2014 has come and gone and with it came some pretty big changes in Wisconsin’s eligibility for unemployment benefits. There has been an increase in maximum weekly benefits from $363 to $370. Whoop, whoop. I know. The biggest change isn’t in the benefits a worker may be eligible for, but whether the worker …
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My first day at Kirk Law Office is in the books. The office is (mostly) set up and I’ve even had a chance to get some work done for clients! In preparing for this venture I heard that the average solo splits lawyering with business management on a 60% to 40% ratio. That means nearly …
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