Two of the biggest pressure points in the life cycle of a small business are when: The business becomes bigger than its sole proprietor The company’s founder/current leader is ready to retire Many small and medium-sized businesses fail at these milestones. Successfully negotiating the first requires detail-oriented business planning in advance of major growth. Successful [...]
Three Reasons to Hire a Lawyer Before You Sign a Commercial Lease
May 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
If you are preparing to lease commercial property, you may be tempted to forego the expense of retaining a commercial real estate transactions attorney, especially if yours is a small or new business and you have multiple priorities vying for financial resources. This is one of those areas, however, in which the old saw, “A [...]
Shakeup in New Jersey Redevelopment Funds Allocation
April 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
The New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013, A-3680 is wending its way through the Statehouse with major bipartisan sponsorship and both rural and urban support. Something for everyone! Guess who pays? The announced purpose of the bill is to increase the benefits associated with the Grow New Jersey Assistance Program to make it “the [...]
Fighting Back Against Injury to Your Business
April 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
We’re all familiar with the concept of personal injury. Also known as “torts,” personal injury lawsuits attempt to achieve financial compensation for a person who is physically, emotionally or economically injured by another person. What about when a person or a company does damage to your company? What recourse do you have? “Business tort litigation” [...]
WILLIAM TOBOLSKY JOINS CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION BOARD
April 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
CHERRY HILL, NJ – April 1 – Tobolsky Law founder and lead attorney William H. Tobolsky, Esq. was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the Construction Financial Managers Association, South Jersey chapter. With astute legal knowledge, creative ability and skill, Tobolsky has been efficiently assisting clients with complex business and litigation matters for [...]
Religious Holidays and Reasonable Accommodation
March 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
Religious Holidays and Reasonable Accommodation: EEOC v Ozarks Electric Via a consent decree entered and approved March 25, 2013, Ozarks Electric, a major electric cooperative in Fayetteville, agreed to pay a $95,000 to a former employee and engage in prospective relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. [...]
Sabbath Observance: Religious Discrimination
March 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
Senior Living Properties, LLC, owns 35 senior assisted living facilities in Texas. Amanda Spalding an employee of three-year standing had been excused from any work on Sundays due to her Christian religious beliefs. The company hired a new administrator, Peggy Scruggs, who refused to abide by this previous arrangement and required Spalding to work on [...]
Fraudulent Earmarking & Duty to Inquire in Construction Lien “Fund” Context
February 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
L&W Supply Corp. v. Joe Desilva (App. Div. 12/4/2012) By William H. Tobolsky Background: Lumber Yard sells drywall on credit to Carpentry subcontractor for job at Maple Street. Lumber Yard does the same for CS for a job at Walnut Avenue. The General Contractor of the Maple Street property makes a payment to CS from [...]
BILL TOBOLSKY PRESENTS TO CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION – SOUTH JERSEY
January 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
CHERRY HILL, NJ, January 29 – Tobolsky Law founder and lead attorney William H. Tobolsky, Esq. recently presented at the Construction Fraud – From the Field to the Back Office seminar before a large audience of CFMA members and guests. In his presentation, Tobolsky and other speakers discussed numerous elements of fraud in the construction [...]
