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Shortly after my husband and I moved to our current home, I decided to take a turn sitting on our Homeowners’ Association Board of Directors. One of the first issues that arose for the board that year was a dispute from an association member who ac… Read More

The move to EMV is in process in the United States. EMV is short for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa’s global standard for chip-equipped credit/debit cards, chip-enabled point-of-service (POS) terminals, and the technology used to authenticate transa… Read More

What do Coca-Cola Classic®, Big Mac® sauce, and KFC Original Recipe® chicken all have in common? Leaving aside obvious questions about nutritional value, the answer is that each product derives economic value from secret formulas that qualify as i… Read More

On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor made official what has long been expected: the minimum salary for employees otherwise ineligible for overtime pay is going to double. Starting December 1, 2016, the threshold salary for overtime… Read More

With the incredible advances in technology, audio/visual recording and photography are easier than ever for the average citizen. But, as one of our Now You Know It readers asked, are there any legal limitations on those recordings? Is it legal to rec… Read More

Regular readers of these postings may remember a piece written by my colleague, Julie Cotant, on December 22, 2015, titled Scams Are Always in Season. In that piece, Julie talked about a “Recorded Deed Notice” that had been received by a client,… Read More

What happens when parties in a business negotiation “punt” a difficult decision down the field to a later day? Rather than finalize terms on an important issue, they simply pledge that they will “agree to agree” at some point in the future. O… Read More

Wright Beamer is privileged to once again lend its support as a corporate sponsor for Neighborhood House’s Annual Fundraising Gala on April 21, 2016, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The event will be held at the historic Longacre House at 24705 Farmington R… Read More