If you are a corporate owner, officer, or director of an enterprise, you may wonder whether you need a transactional lawyer — and what role they will play in your company. Transactional lawyers, also called business attorneys, help businesses with many types of major...
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Answering Collection FAQs with Joshua D. Brinen
https://vimeo.com/891515488?share=copy A 2848 or a power of attorney form for the Internal Revenue Service is the first document that representation needs to file with the Internal Revenue Service in order to represent you before the service. It gives your...
Can You Sue a Business That No Longer Exists?
If you have a claim against a business that no longer exists, you may wonder whether you can sue them. After all, they do not exist. How can you sue something that is not there? First understand, whether the company is merely out of business or is inactive, or...
What’s the Statute of Limitations on Federal Tax Debt?
The statute of limitations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to collect the tax amount you owe is typically ten years. This IRS refers to this period as the “Collection Statute Expiration Date (CSED).” However, understand that various laws and actions can impact...
What is Theft of Corporate Opportunity?
Corporate directors and officers owe a fiduciary duty to the company not only to safeguard business assets — but they also cannot usurp business opportunities for personal gain. Closely related to self-dealing, the corporate opportunity doctrine precludes corporate...
What Businesses Need to Know About the E-Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act — also called the E-Sign Act — was signed into law in 2000, providing for legal recognition of electronic signatures in commerce. Under the statute, e-signatures are given the same legal force and effect as...
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I formerly worked as a satellite employee from my home state of New Jersey. I ended my employment with my former employer in 2016. In 2018, I was sued by my former employer for $1.1 million in Illinois State Court. I was referred to Brinen & Associates, LLC by a friend who is a client of the firm. Brinen & Associates, LLC came highly recommended. I contacted Joshua Brinen and then had a consultation at his office with his colleague Mark White. Together, Messrs. Brinen and White explained my options...