Due Diligence
Imperative Information Group helps clients recognize and manage risks by conducting due diligence investigations into the principals and business entities involved in a variety of business scenarios, including:
The Imperative Blog and Podcast
| HBR asks: Are "High Potential" Programs an Anachronism? In a blog post on the Harvard Business Review website, Tammy Erikson examines whether "high potential" programs designed to identify and coach employees who are destined to rise in the organization are out of step with the workforce that is... |
| Court holds that franchisor may be liable under Title VII for sexual harassment committed by franchisee There's a blog article over at Lexology today that should be of interest to our clients who are franchisors or franchisees. A Pennsylvania federal district court has ruled that tax prep franchisor Jackson Hewitt may be held liable for the... |
| No Good Deed.... Bonuses and Overtime Calculation Lawsuits One small business recently spent $400,000 defending an overtime pay lawsuit brought on when they paid their employee's a year-end bonus. Huh? |
| When The Job Applicant Says "It's Wasn't Me!" The rap artist Shaggy had a hit song a few years ago called "It Wasn't Me" about a man who's girlfriend caught him cheating with another woman. (Cheating so bad in fact, that I dare not link the music video... |
| "Analysis Paralysis - A Case of Terminological Inexactitude" I just read a great article about avoiding "analysis paralysis" in its several forms. |
| A Hazy Legal Issue With the medical use of marijuana deemed legal in Colorado, employers face competing legal issues in deciding how to respond to positive drug screens. Safety and legal issues may be at odds and with no case law to guide them,... |