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Insurance 08.20.2022

Out On Your Own? Business Shower!

  Professionals across the country continue recalibrating how they want to spend their time and talent, live a balanced life—and earn a living. Financial gurus, tech consultants and health and fitness experts are examples of…
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Out On Your Own? Business Shower!
Contract Surety 08.19.2022

The Right Equipment?

  Having the right equipment can make or break you in the construction business. Since equipment is not just necessary for the completion of current jobs but also has a big role in determining what…
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The Right Equipment?
Contract Surety 08.19.2022

Growing Into An $8 Million Business?

  Yes, it’s possible for construction start-ups to do it. Here’s how the founder and owner of Ballmann Earthworks achieved his goals, following a path he began carving out when he wrote a fifth grade…
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Growing Into An $8 Million Business?
ERISA 08.19.2022

Three Levels of Responsibility: Cybersecurity

Though we all know cyber threats are out there and we are in some way responsible for the protection of the retirement plan, we are not always clear on the specific kinds of actions that…
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Three Levels of Responsibility: Cybersecurity
ERISA 08.19.2022

Quantifiable Results?

  Planning, saving and investing for retirement has always been full of unknowns and these days, retirement plan participants and sponsors alike find themselves particularly bleary eyed. Experts encourage plan sponsors to try focusing on…
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Quantifiable Results?
Court Bonds 08.19.2022

Executing Naomi Judd’s Will

  Depending on your news source, you may have heard that Wynonna and Ashely Judd inherited nothing from their famous mother, Naomi. Lawyers remind us that the appointment of Larry Strickland, Naomi’s husband of 33…
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Executing Naomi Judd’s Will
Court Bonds 08.19.2022

Grave Appeal: Protecting Burial Grounds

  Can two churches disinter and remove cremains (cremated remains) from a burial ground without the consent of the families involved? Reversing a judgment from the Probate Court, The Massachusetts Appeals Court found for the…
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Grave Appeal: Protecting Burial Grounds
Court Bonds 08.10.2022

LLC Agreements and Estate Plans

  When your company is structured as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), its a good idea for the operating agreement to detail what happens with each member’s ownership upon death. Keep in mind that being…
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LLC Agreements and Estate Plans
Court Bonds 08.10.2022

Marriage and Trusts?

  Please outlive me. That’s how many spouses feel: they’d rather not be the one left behind. Since we just never know what our next chapters of life hold, estate planning is important—and marital trusts…
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Marriage and Trusts?