As published in Forefront By Susan Koss Although a hotly debated area for economists, many are predicting a recession in the next 6 to 12 months given negative indicators such as the inverted yield curve¹ and a slow-down in manufacturing…. Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Matt Rizzo The new Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) officially went into effect January 1, 2020 for large public financial institutions. FASB issued the new standards… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Anson Smuts On January 15th, the United States and China signed a trade agreement including several commitments related to intellectual property (“IP”) protection, signaling a weakening of tensions between the two countries. In addition to… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Andrew Malec, Ph.D. Non-compete clauses are provisions in employment agreements that restrict employees from working for a competing employer for some period of time after their employment ends. From 2000 to 2008, the number of… Continue Reading  

By Keith Chulumovich, Managing Director & Matthew Rizzo, Director As published in TMA’s Journal of Corporate Renewal E-commerce has become a disruptive force in both the retail and distribution sectors. It has significantly impacted consumer buying habits as well as… Continue Reading  

By Matthew Rizzo as published in Great Lakes Banker Magazine The cannabis industry is as rough and wild a frontier as Tombstone perhaps ever was. There are few influential lawmakers pushing the cannabis revolution forward in order to allow the… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Andrew Malec, Ph.D. A recent CNBC poll finds that one in five U.S. corporations believe that China stole their intellectual property (“IP”) (i.e., patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights) within the last year. IP can… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Anson Smuts Corporate training programs are nothing new. They serve as relatively efficient and inexpensive methods for companies to leverage potential in-house talent for the growing needs of the business. When Amazon announced in early… Continue Reading  

An Illegal Substitution? Kind of. As published in Forefront By Matt Rizzo There isn’t a day that goes by without reading about struggles of the marijuana business and their difficulty finding their place as a partially legal business in some… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Anson Smuts The video game industry has evolved far beyond the days of kids inviting their friends over for some multiplayer fun around the family television set. These days, video games are about influencers, celebrities,… Continue Reading