Companies wanting to incentivize their employees have a lot of options. The first thought is often equity, but Profit Sharing Plans or bonuses are typically easier and cheaper to administer and can have a similar impact.

Sweeping legal changes go into effect January 1, 2022 will require rapid action on behalf of Colorado companies with employees.

Hiring independent contractors is much less expensive and much simpler than onboarding employees. But if you pay someone who should be an employee as a contractor there can be steep legal and financial consequences.

How do you know who can sign on behalf of a Company? What if you’re not sure and can’t confirm?

Would you like to require your employees to be vaccinated? If you’re thinking of implementing a mandatory vaccination policy, be sure to not make these mistakes.

In general, your operating agreement controls the rights and remedies of your company. However, in Colorado, the business of an LLC is also controlled by statute (C.R.S. § 7-80-101, et seq.), which spells out certain duties of members and managers.

With the quarantines and pandemic-era restrictions that make up our day-to-day, more companies than ever are turning to online marketing in 2021. Many of these companies or brands simply do not know the legal lay of the land in the social media marketing or affiliate marketing space. In fact, most advertising agencies are likewise in the dark.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued its final Equal Pay Transparency Rules (EPT Rules) which are new rules on job and promotional postings that went into effect January 1, 2021.

Relocating your business from one state to another may raise EIN (or Tax ID) retention issues.

Are you a business owner who has recently moved to a new state?

Coming from a company that once claimed it did not sell personal information, Facebook’s introduction of CCPA controls in late June surprised many by introducing a “Limited Data Use” (LDU) capability on several Facebook features.

I recently finished a several month stint in-house helping out a client during one of their lawyers’ maternity leave. The experience was wonderful. Having been in-house for several years before, I was surprised, however, at how much more I learned this go-round.

The world is ending! How will the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic impact your contracts and your bottom line?

On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General released modifications to its proposed CCPA regulations. The updates clarified the intent of the CCPA regulations, provided more guidance for processing consumer rights, and eased compliance for data brokers, service providers, and online businesses.

When you start a business, you will presumably be offering some sort of product or service in exchange for money. This is about as far as this discussion can go without bringing up the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Whether you are making money or losing it, the IRS wants to know about it and the most efficient way for them to track your financial activities is through a special number designated solely to you and your business.

On October 10, the California Attorney General released proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). While the proposed regulations do not address all areas of concern or ambiguity that privacy lawyers might have, such as how various exemptions to the law will operate, the regulations go into great detail on consumer rights requests, child consent, and the process for opting out of the sale of personal information.

The most frequently-asked question I encounter as a privacy law practitioner in Colorado is: What privacy laws could apply to my small business?

On July 19, the FTC announced that it is considering an update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and seeking public comments. What does this mean for businesses collecting data from children online?

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office fired a shot across the bow of AdTech companies subject to the GDPR in its June 20, 2019 report on AdTech and Real-Time Bidding (RTB). The industry has thus far tried to stay low-profile while complying with privacy laws, but the ICO’s report makes clear that regulators are looking more closely at the highly-technical space.

While there are many reasons a non-U.S. citizen or resident alien may wish to purchase a company in the United States, a potential E-2 visa application is a common one.

There is no shortage of proposed privacy legislation at the Federal level (see the chart below), but nothing is moving from committee. Why?