NON-CIRCUMVENTION AGREEMENTS
How not to be cut out of your own business opportunities… Read More NON-CIRCUMVENTION AGREEMENTS
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POWER WORD PLAY (A Term, Word, or Concept an Executive Ought to Know): MORAL RIGHTS
BY G. A. FINCH To the uninitiated, the term “moral rights”, would at first blush (pun intended), seem to suggest having something to do with bad character, improper behavior or religious and philosophical subjects. Actually it has to do with intellectual property rights of an author, artist, or creator beyond mere copyright interests. Moral Rights… Read More POWER WORD PLAY (A Term, Word, or Concept an Executive Ought to Know): MORAL RIGHTS
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 409A
BY G. A. FINCH If your employment agreement has deferral of compensation provisions, you may very well see a section or paragraph captioned “Internal Revenue Code Section 409A” or simply “409A.” Its official citation is 26 U.S. Code Section 409A – Inclusion in gross income of deferred compensation under nonqualified deferred compensation plans. This… Read More INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 409A
I WROTE IT SO WHY CAN’T I USE IT?
BY G. A. FINCH You are leaving your job or you have already left. After you leave, you want to use all of your power point presentations, white papers, newsletter articles, and blog posts that you did for your employer. Not so fast. Are you allowed to do that? Who owns the written work that you… Read More I WROTE IT SO WHY CAN’T I USE IT?
FIVE SUCCESS LESSONS FROM MOM
BY G. A. FINCH My mother, Louise Antoinette Finch, passed away last month just two and half months shy of her 100th birthday. She is survived by all six of her sons and one daughter. As an older brother gave a eulogy and the priest gave a homily about my mother and what she represented… Read More FIVE SUCCESS LESSONS FROM MOM
Resolution Passed Thanking G. A. Finch
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today, October 23, 2013, presented her Chief of Staff, G.A. Finch, with a resolution thanking him for his service to the County. On November 1, Finch is leaving Cook County to rejoin his law firm, Hoogendoorn and Talbot, LLC. Finch accepted the position, he said, because he thought he… Read More Resolution Passed Thanking G. A. Finch
EXECUTIVES’ MITIGATION OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL RISKS
G. A. Finch interviews Charlie Russ, a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual . FINCH: Charlie, what are some of the strategies you would suggest to clients to manage the impact of taxes today and for the balance of their lives? RUSS: If a person has the option of a ROTH IRA or a ROTH contribution to a… Read More EXECUTIVES’ MITIGATION OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL RISKS
THE AGE OF ENTREPRENEURS – IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
By G. A. FINCH I serve on an advisory board of a small company and the president of this company asked me to attend her inauguration as a member of the second cohort class for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses in Chicago. This is an initiative driven by Goldman Sachs and its local partner, City… Read More THE AGE OF ENTREPRENEURS – IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
LINKEDIN REVISITED
LinkedIn is not what it is all cracked up to be, but it is still essential for an executive to do.… Read More LINKEDIN REVISITED
TERMINATION FOR CAUSE: MORAL TURPITUDE
Moral turpitude as a cause for termination is an unwieldly concept.… Read More TERMINATION FOR CAUSE: MORAL TURPITUDE
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