Business law

Protections and benefits shouldn’t be based on employment status alone.

Targeting abuses of purchasing power helped usher in a golden age of retail in the United States - and it could again.

Prep your team on which conversations and situations to avoid when mingling with competitors.

An increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is "acquisition entrepreneurship"--buying and running an existing operation. If you're...

A celebrity’s baby is severely injured when her stroller tips over. Was it user error or a faulty product? The media go wild—and BestBaby faces a PR disaster.

It often happens because people don’t recognize the harm they’re doing.

Having a policy is often enough to avoid liability, even if it isn't effective.

Activists are a source of potential value, albeit a risky one.

Most experienced negotiators are comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract--they bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits,...

You can’t repair a culture when the business is based on illegality.

Why we can’t let the likes of Uber and YouTube build their advantage on illegal practices.

New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don't yet...

More than two decades have passed since affirmative action became law, thrusting the issue of racial diversity in the workplace into the open—and often into the crossfire. Today both government statistics and anecdotal evidence suggest that people of color make up a larger percentage of senior managers than at any point in the past. […]

Understand your options, both in and out of court.

Accommodations are always cheaper than lawsuits.

It will take the right laws.

Most managers know better than to blurt out, "This is no job for a woman." Yet many are surprisingly open about their bias against mothers and other caregivers....

At some point, every company makes a mistake that requires an apology--to an individual; a group of customers, employees, or business partners; or the...

In order to maintain commitment to ethical standards, companies must foster professional pride and honest business practices in their employees. Examination...

Though CO2 reduction remains crucial in the fight against climate change, businesses and social entrepreneurs should also set their sights on the number-two...