McCarty Law LLP has announced Attorney Sarah J. Knutson has been named as partner. As part of the firm’s Business and Corporate Law section, Knutson concentrates her legal practice on corporate and business transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Knutson earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and her law degree […]
Where do you live? I live on the north side of Appleton Where are you from? I was born in West Allis and grew up in Deerfield, Wisconsin, just outside of Madison. My legal practice… I am actively involved in assisting business owners and executives in a variety of business transactions, from formations of start-up […]
In last week’s blog article, we addressed several issues that employers will want to consider as they return employees to the workplace. This article continues that thinking by reviewing considerations and legal issues that may arise as employers: (i) confront COVID-19 related absences; (ii) have a need to reduce hours or require employees to take […]
Over the past two months, we have all added some new terminology to our collective vocabulary. A few short months ago, social distancing, asymptotic carriers, and gating criteria were terms virtually none of us had heard. Now these terms float into conversations about how we will live our lives and run our businesses for the […]
[NOTE: Effective May 14, SBA further extended the safe-harbor payment deadline to Monday, May 18th] As you know if you read our May 5th blog post regarding the economic uncertainty certification in your PPP loan application, there has been a lot of call for clarification concerning how the SBA will review the borrower’s certifications. The […]
[Updated May 6, 2020] [NOTE: Effective May 14, SBA further extended the safe-harbor payment deadline to Monday, May 18th] “To repay or not to repay” seems to be the question of the day. When the SBA posted FAQ #31 on April 28, it raised a whole lot more questions than it answered. As most of […]
What types of loans are available? The “Paycheck Protection Program” implemented under the CARES Act allows small businesses and non-profits to apply for loans in the amount of 2.5 times average monthly payroll costs, which can then be forgiven to the extent that the loan proceeds are used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, and utilities […]
With the growing popularity of emotional support animals, we’ve been getting a lot of questions from clients lately asking about what to do when a customer/client/patient shows up at their place of business with an animal. Attorney Lora Zimmer has created the infographic below to help you determine whether an animal is a service animal […]
Chances are you haven’t looked at it in a while, which is a good thing because you are likely busy running your business. But, if you haven’t looked at your operating agreement since before January 1, 2018, it’s probably a good time to dust it off. How do changes to audits and tax collection impact […]
“..cahoots being a legal term in Wyoming, see cahooting in the first degree, intent to cahoot, and so on.” ― Craig Johnson, Death Without Company Allegations that Google and other giants have become monopolies, and the blocking of mega-mergers between companies as large as Anthem and Cigna, occasionally thrust anti-trust law into the mainstream media. […]
