Risk Management for the Electric Vehicle Industry If you had any doubt that electric cars are here to stay, just look at how many charging stations you see in parking lots, compared to two years ago. They are not just at high-end shopping malls anymore; now you even find them in the parking lots of big box wholesale stores. The…
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The Electric Car Industry Should Be Smart About Protecting Consumers’ Personal Data from Smart Technology
Do you ever feel like Google knows everything about you? When you do a generic search like “stocking stuffers,” its results show you suggestions that are eerily specific in their appropriateness for the intended recipients of your gifts. How does Google know that you are on a decluttering kick? How did it guess that you plan to serve one vegan…
Investor Visas (E2 & EB-5)
Foreign citizens investing substantial funds in US enterprises may qualify for a Non-Immigrant Temporary Visa (E2) or for an Immigrant Permanent Visa (EB5). E2 NON-IMMIGRANT TEMPORARY INVESTOR VISA Foreign citizens investing substantial funds in US enterprises may qualify for a Non-Immigrant Temporary Visa (E2) or for an Immigrant Permanent Visa (EB5). For those who are seriously committed to a major business project, the US Government offers…
Starting a Marijuana Business
In recent years, a number of U.S. states have legalized recreational use of marijuana, while many others permit marijuana businesses to operate for medical marijuana purposes. Numerous states that permit medical marijuana but have not yet legalized recreational marijuana have decriminalized marijuana possession for those who cannot lawfully possess marijuana for medical purposes. Marijuana laws continue to change with rapidity,…
Contracts: Restrictive Covenants
When most people think about contracts, they imagine an agreement between two parties in which one agrees to provide a service or product to the other in exchange for compensation. While this does describe the terms of many contracts, it’s important to note that legal agreements can also specifically be used to restrict individuals from doing certain things. This is…