In the first-ever full lawyer team video of the Johnston Business Law Group, Jen Goldstein, Laura Swinchock, and Matthew Johnston are discussing some of the lessons to be drawn from the Alex Baldwin's Rust movie set accidental death and injury case. While the tragic incident happened...
Earlier this year, model, influencer, and actress Molly Simms was sued in federal court in California over a blog post she wrote advertising a makeup product. Using this case, our new video series helps small businesses understand how things can go wrong when influencers promote...
Written by Arabella Chen and Matthew S. Johnston Social media is largely unregulated but there are certain unspoken rules among the masses that when tread upon, can generate highly undesirable consequences, especially for businesses. While no two cases are ever the same, the recent upset with...
Dress codes. It’s safe to say nobody likes them, but we cannot ignore them. In the past few years, office dress codes have received more spotlight in the news. Companies are being accused of discriminatory dress code policies. Some companies are choosing to modernize their...
Earlier this week, I posted a discussion on the waste of resources that comes with poorly written contracts. I had an exercise in that post that discussed how long it took to review a short 170 word passage of a contract. I promised to detailed...
All this month, I have been talking about anti-sexual harassment policies. I have provided information on the definition, what to include in a policy, how to conduct an investigation and other information on the topic. However, I have not talked much about why have a...
On a regular basis, I will try to highlight some cases, scenarios or other methods of demonstrating some topics of concern to small business owners and hopefully provide some case study based examples. This week, I have been talking about what is sexual harassment, so I...