Alaska accountants must maintain certain standards to keep their licenses. When accusations of wrongdoing place an accountant's license in jeopardy, a strong professional defense is critical. When an accountant receives a licensing complaint, their first instinct is...
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Year: 2021
How is a force majeure clause used in employment contracts?
The events of the past year have changed how businesses are run and challenged business owners to find new ways to stay afloat amid economic turbulence. Many Alaska employers have had to make difficult decisions regarding hiring, layoffs, compensation and being able...
License defense and medical duties that cannot be delegated
In Alaska, there are certain rules in place for physicians to follow to comply with the requirements of their medical license. That includes how they care for patients and what areas of their practice they are legally allowed to delegate to others. In some cases,...
Should I get malpractice insurance?
Despite the years of studying, testing, and practicing to earn your degree and career, they are still something you can lose. Losing a license can seem like the end of the life you worked so hard to build. You may have heard that malpractice insurance can help you if...
Do employers have rights to monitor their employees’ emails?
Telecommunications have revolutionized the way that businesses across the world operate. Across Alaska, entities have adopted communications’ tools that allow their employees to work distantly but talk instantly through messaging, email, and chat. Physical distances...
What happens if an ethics complaint is filed against an attorney?
Being an attorney is not an easy job; a lost case could lead to an unhappy client. Sometimes clients, former clients, colleagues or other professionals may have an ethics complaint -- also referred to as a grievance -- that they will file with the Alaska Bar...
Non-disclosure agreements protect companies
It seems like it was ages ago when there was a large field of Democrats running for the 2020 presidential nomination. During one debate, Elizabeth Warren welcomed newly official candidate Michael Bloomberg by slamming his company’s use of non-disclosure agreements...
How employing unlicensed people impacts a real estate license
In Alaska, people who work in the real estate industry will understand the importance of proper licensing. It is a fundamental aspect of functioning in the highly competitive atmosphere of commercial and residential real estate. If there is a threat to the license for...
How can employers protect their trade secrets?
Alaska companies likely have important information that gives them an advantage over their competition. Whether it is a formula, a recipe, a device, formula, client list or any form of information that gives them a competitive edge, it can be considered a trade...
Here’s how ethics complaints are handled in the legal profession
Every business is bound to have dissatisfied customers from time-to-time. Those who provide professional services, such as attorneys, are no different. Not everything is going to go the way that you and your clients hope, which can lead to conflict and allegations of...