Worker classification is an important responsibility of any employer, with implications ranging from tax and withholdings liability to the employer’s liability for the worker’s conduct.  For tax purposes, the IRS has previously laid out twenty non-exclusive factors that it considered when making the determination as to whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee. 

We are very excited to announce that David Roberts had joined the Gutwein Law team and he will be opening our new Indianapolis office this summer!  

Let’s say you are a startup business and you are in the process of working with your attorney to develop a contract for your future clients. Should you include an arbitration clause to resolve dispute with your clients? Nine times out of ten, my answer to you would be no.

I just returned from the American Bar Association Technology Show in Chicago (ABA Tech Show).  What a rush, absorbing the newest technology for law firms and learning from presentations by the Nation’s leading tech consultants. As I reflect on what I learned, I’m happy to know that our office is up to date and secure in our practices.  In fact, it seems we are quite a bit ahead of the curve because we have adopted paperless policies and have a leading document management utility in place.  Of course, there is always room for improvement and I was able to get inspired to improve some of our practices.

Entrepreneurs create formal business entities (most often limited liability companies and corporations) for many reasons.  Founders commonly cite the limited liability protection and the professional impression it can have on vendors, customers and would-be investors.  While these are two major benefits of forming an LLC or corporation, this only touches on the predominant purpose that forming an entity can serve - building and protecting value.