William A. Price, Attorney at Law
What “Accredited Investor” Or Other Investor Type Definitions Apply In Exempt Offerings Rules? By: William A. Price, Esq., Growthlaw.com, Warrenville, IL What is an accredited investor and why should a small business owner care? SEC rules and most state securities laws have much less stringent requirements for preregistration of offerings and…
Introduction: Two new BIPA Cases Two Illinois Supreme Court decisions recently released, Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2023 IL 127801 and Cothron v. White Castle Sys., Inc., 2023 IL 128004, have clarified the statute of limitations and the actionable number of violations for suits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1…
Congress included the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021. The legislation requires filing of information on beneficial owners of new (and eventually, of existing) US entities and foreign entities which apply for permission to do business in the US. These requirements will be effective on promulgation of regulations…
If you think your customers will enjoy humor, offer them extreme termination of friendly puppets, like “Mr. Bill”, or Jim Henson’s take on coffee commercials, for Wilkins Coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVewx3-9×24
(Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay ) The CARES Act, Public Law 116-46, signed into law 03/27/2020, see https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748, expanded unemployment benefits to include business owners and self-employed individuals. This means that you, as an owner or self employed individual with lost income as a result of Coronavirus shutdowns, can apply for Illinois unemployment insurance, in the same…
You are eligible to receive a government bailout! Under “INCREASED ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS,” the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) explicitly notes that nonprofit organizations meeting the size limitation of “less than 500 employees.” Despite being called loans, the PPP actually provides free money, 100% backed by the federal government: as long as…
You are eligible to receive a government bailout! Fellow indies, whether you are self-employed, independent contractors, or sole proprietors: this could be your salvation. The CARES act, passed into law as H.R.748, specifically makes the new paycheck protection loans available for “eligible self-employed individuals,” meaning anyone who works in a trade or business and who…
This is a summary of what the President signed on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, after it passed both houses. Employers of employees with 50-500 employees are affected. Department of Labor emergency regulations have not clarified what the “50 employee” amount means, but we do not appear to come within that category. Both for profit and…
By: William A. Price, Attorney at Law, wprice@growthlaw.com, Member, Business and Securities Law Section Council Michael R. Karnuth, Attorney at Law, karnuthlaw@gmail.com, Member, Business and Securities Law Section Council I. Introduction As of 2016, there were 22,743 nonprofit organizations in Illinois. These entities range from hospital systems with over 1,000 employees to high school robotics…
You Could Lose Your Federal Income Tax Exemption: Corporate or trust income tax at the highest rate (21% for corporations, 35% for trusts, in 2019)[i] applies if a nonprofit entity fails to qualify, engages in prohibited transactions, or stops operations that are exempt from taxation.[ii] 378 entity 501(c)(3) exemptions are listed by the IRS as…