Join Eadaoin Waller of our corporate department on January 26th and learn more about employee manuals through a seminar with the Human Resources Management Association of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.  Sign up here:  http://t.co/GMcbPFPo Leaving aside the myriad practical reasons that your company should have an employee manual, there are two principal legal reasons that [...]

ATC client eVestment Alliance (eVestment), a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions, was represented by Brad Carr, Eadaoin Waller and Kathleen Hart in the acquisition of ASAP Advisor Services, providers of investment marketing services and database management solutions for institutional money managers, hedge fund managers and other financial advisors. With this [...]

Last year the State Bar of Georgia issued a non-binding advisory opinion, providing that a non-lawyer who files a garnishment answer on behalf of a corporate entity in a court of record (State or Superior Court) engages in the unauthorized practice of law.[1] Based upon the relevant provisions in the Official Code of Georgia, the [...]

May, 2011 – Brad Carr and Kathleen Hart of Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. represented Highwinds Capital, Inc. in securing a new $50 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica Bank. Highwinds is a leading provider of content delivery (CDN), network and IP services.   According to a press release regarding the transaction, Dale [...]

Brad Carr and Kathleen Hart of Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. represented Street Smarts in its sale of its assets to North American design firm Stantec.  Street Smarts is a 60-person transportation and civil engineering company headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. The acquisition will anchor Stantec’s multi-office presence in Georgia and serve as the state’s regional [...]

By: R. Matthew Reeves  The recent economic downturn has proliferated the number of court proceedings in which the appraisal of real estate is a key component. Property tax appeals and foreclosure confirmations have joined the list of cases such as condemnations, property damage cases, divorces, estate cases, and business disputes in which real estate values [...]

By: Scott Duncan, a partner in our Commercial Real Estate Department  A business owner makes many critical decisions and one in particular involves the location at which his business is operated.  At some point it is likely that he will have to deal with a lease agreement, whether to secure space or to gain revenue [...]

In writing an employee handbook which will help to give your company the greatest advantages that it is entitled to, extreme caution must be exercised to avoid creating contractual rights for employees via the employee manual. Don’t promise anything that you don’t specifically want to promise, if you are not required to do so by [...]

If the first purpose of an Employee Handbook is to reduce risk by taking advantage of the legal safeguards afforded to employers by law, the second is to make sure that one that the employer minimizes its legal obligations through well-drafted employment policies. The FMLA Companies with more than fifty employees are subject to the [...]

There are a lot of good reasons given to small businesses for adopting an Employee Handbook. Unfortunately, most of the reasons given fall into the “non-urgent” or “unnecessary expense” category. For instance, an Employee Handbook will inform your employees of their obligations so that you and your supervisors don’t have to make policy decisions on [...]