The 2nd Circuit recently issued an opinion regarding whether unpaid interns at for-profit employers are actually employees for the purpose of the FLSA and NY labor law, which would entitle them to minimum wage and overtime. The case arose out of interns who worked on the film “Black Swan” in New York. Their intern duties…
This article gives some tips on how to negotiate a contract. While it’s aimed more at business people, it’s awfully close to what lawyers should do. I think almost every document can be fixed in one round of changes, unless there are open business issues that were deliberately left open at the term sheet or…
Many of my clients are founders and CEOs of their companies. Sometimes, they’re inexperienced in this role, regardless of how old they are or how much education they have. One of my common themes for some of these folks is the “you’re the boss” speech. When you are the CEO, you are the captain of…