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In parts one and two of this series, we discussed the typical issues arising with employees who compete with former employers. Greenville’s growing reputation in the “knowledge economy” also has resulted in the growth of another type of dispute.

This three-part series will explore the basic legal principles involved in employee competition in South Carolina. It will provide practical steps both business owners and employees can take to protect their respective interests and improve their ability to prevail in court, if necessary. In this segment, we will explore the common-law duty of loyalty that governs what employees may and may not do while still employed.

When a crisis happens within your business, it can become not only an operations issue, but also a public relations nightmare. Just ask Paula Deen, the executives of Target or, locally, the board of CertusBank. Can you have a crisis and come out better for it?

I’ve been working in manufacturing for about 25 years now. When I started, straight out of a vocational school, the skills I had were adequate for the job I was doing. I tried to attend college, but I was working lots of hours, and eventually, I dropped out.

The Greenville area includes some of the nation’s success stories. While household growth over the next five years is expected to be 5 percent, the number of millionaire households here is projected to increase at nearly five times that rate, 24 percent.

By exposing the issues and areas that create the most vulnerability for the small business owner (SBO) related to insurance, it equips us to make better-educated decisions and to protect ourselves with a more tightly knit security blanket for our businesses.

What would you like to achieve now that the business is up and running? What is the measure of success 20 or 30 years down the road?

By exposing the issues and areas that create the most vulnerability for the small-business owner (SBO) as it relates to insurance, it equips us to make better-educated decisions and to protect ourselves with a more tightly knit security blanket for our businesses.

The Stanton Chase global survey canvassed more than 500 C-level industrial sector executives from 40 countries on a wide range of topics. The survey results pointed out several key trends that are noteworthy when viewed from our perspective in Greenville and the Upstate region. It actually points out things that we are doing well when considered within a global context. Here are some of the findings.

By Guest Contributor  Doug Kim | McNair Law Firm   Patent trolls have been coming out from under the bridge in increasingly larger numbers. The following chart illustrates the sharp increase in the…