L-1 – non-immigrant visa for business owners (affiliate or subsidiary) E1 E2 – non-immigrant visas for citizens of treaty countries (min $50K – $100,000 investment) EB5 – immigrant visa (min US$500,000 – $1 mil investment) Access to US Markets for Entrepreneurs, Business Owners & Investors I am an entrepreneur and own a Business in my…
A new agency is on its way to being created – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The new agency’s mission would be a federal leader for cyber and physical infrastructure security. As technology changes, the cyber threat landscape constantly evolves and infrastructure is continually under attack from digital and physical threats. CISA is…
Software Developer and IT related Contracts Do you have a great idea, and are you hiring a software developer or IT person to help you create your own application, mobile app or software program? If so, it is absolutely critical that you protect your idea and your business from the start. Don’t rely on oral…
What is Bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. In order to be considered bullying the behavior…
Can I sue my boss if they have a bad temper? A bad temper by your boss in itself is not enough, nor is simple teasing, offhand comments or isolated incidents that are not extremely serious. Generally speaking (depending on exact facts and circumstances) you may have an actionable case if the unwelcome comments or…
Click Here to Contact Us Business Law Basics for New Businesses The first thing to know about companies is that they are legal entities and exist in their own right – they continue on even after your death, can own property, sue and be sued, pay taxes, etc. The vast majority of companies share certain…
DENIED ENTRY OR DENIED A VISA? We can help you re-apply. The most common reason for a denial is that you didn’t provide the proper documentation or did not fill out your forms properly or completely. Gathering the proper documents (for example, to show sufficient home ties, a legitimate business, or a bona fide genuine…
What is a Contract? In Illinois, a contract requires the following elements in order to be valid: Offer Acceptance Consideration Intention to create legal relation Capacity to contract An offer and acceptance, followed by consideration often results in a valid contract, to the surprise of many people. This is true even if there is no…
What is Harassment? Harassing conduct in Illinois is knowing conduct which is not necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the circumstances that would cause a reasonable person emotional distress and does indeed cause emotional distress to another. Generally, it is conduct which is intentionally directed at someone and annoys, threatens, intimidates, alarms…
Are you a business in the United States? Think you don’t need to worry about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that is set to go into effect on May 25, 2018? You may want to check again, because it may be possible that your company is subject to the regulation (and its accompanying…
