Business & Finance

How Experiential Learning Can Transform Students into Compassionate Servant Leaders

Dr. Debra A. Schwinn
12 Sep 2024
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As we settle into the fall semester, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s (PBA) campus is filled with students eager for what the year holds as they prepare for their future careers. Many students are returning after a busy summer — wrapping up internships, jobs or study abroad opportunities through the Rinker Center for Experiential Learning. In this article originally published in Inside Higher Ed, PBA associate professor of history, Dr. Elizabeth Stice, shares how trips abroad can enhance students’ confidence, understanding of other cultures, and give them an edge on employment. She also highlights how trips like these can help faculty […]

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What Should I Consider When Choosing a Contractor?

William C. Davell
7 Aug 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Robert Meacham, a director at Tripp Scott. Scratch a Floridian and you’ll uncover a story of a contractor relationship gone wrong. Let’s look at common contractor problems along that “gamut” and key steps to take to prevent them.   Bill Davell: What are contractor problems to anticipate and head off?   Robert Meacham: Most obvious: the contractor doesn’t do what he or she promised (or advertised) – not completing the work expected, getting it done […]

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Caveat Emptor

Les Feldman
2 Aug 2024
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We are in uncharted territory, then I am reminded we’ve been here a few times before. “I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10 NIV). Fear can overtake us, but God is all-powerful and will offer us all the strength we need. It seems to me we are being betrayed by the people whose job it is to protect us and bring about balance. The media, which is often called the fourth estate, refers to the press and news media both in explicit capacity of advocacy and implicit ability to […]

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Seven Steps Toward Staying Out of Court

William C. Davell
17 Jul 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Paul Lopez, COO, Tripp Scott.   “Murphy’s Law” – “If anything can go wrong, it will” – originated in science but also applies to human relationships, including business dealings. Even partners or contracting parties with the best relationships and intentions often run into misunderstandings and failures to meet expectations that lead to legal disputes, making it critical to identify, preclude and prepare for highly probable bumps – and barriers – in the road. So here […]

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Seven Steps Toward Staying Out of Court

William C. Davell
15 Jul 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Paul Lopez, COO, Tripp Scott. “Murphy’s Law” – “If anything can go wrong, it will” – originated in science but also applies to human relationships, including business dealings. Even partners or contracting parties with the best relationships and intentions often run into misunderstandings and failures to meet expectations that lead to legal disputes, making it critical to identify, preclude and prepare for highly probable bumps – and barriers – in the road. So here are […]

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Does Your Business Employ Noncompete Agreements? You Need to Know About a New Federal Rule

William C. Davell
4 Jun 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Paul Lopez, COO, Tripp Scott. Florida employers, and those of 45 other states and the District of Columbia, have routinely made use of noncompete agreements (noncompetes), non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and non-solicit agreements (non-solicits) in employee contracts to protect their business interests. These agreements, grouped in Sunshine State statutory law as “restrictive covenants,” have been permitted here with various restraints on time and scope.  But in April the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a U.S. government agency, […]

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Own A Small Business? You Need to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act

William C. Davell
8 May 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Marianna Seiler DeJager, director with Tripp Scott. ——————————– Do you own a small business – that is not a sole proprietorship – in Florida or anywhere else in the US (or its territories)? You almost certainly need to know about – and comply with – the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a new federal law that took effect January 1 of this year, despite a recent successful – but limited – court challenge.   Bill Davell […]

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What to Do If You Owe Taxes: Don’t Panic. Do Act

William C. Davell
3 Apr 2024
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April 15 is rolling around again, and according to a recent Wall Street Journal article, more Americans are finding that instead of receiving a refund, they owe taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In all, the Journal reports, 18.6 million individual taxpayers were on the hook for $316 billion at the end of 2022. Two big reasons: not enough withholding from paychecks due to a second earner or outside income, for example from investments or a “side hustle,” and increased participation in the gig economy, where workers must estimate their annual income and submit quarterly payments.   Bill Davell: […]

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Employee or Contractor? Businesses Must Beware of Changing Rules

William C. Davell
14 Mar 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Paul Lopez, director and COO of Tripp Scott. When is a worker with your business an employee – or an independent contractor? The answer is critical and can vary for the same worker depending on what agency you’re dealing with, in which state or with the federal government. And oh, yeah: it’s ever-changing. On March 11, it will change again. A Biden Department of Labor (DOL) rule will take effect with guidelines on determining who […]

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Yes, Copyright Laws Do Apply to Churches (and Other Non-Profits)

William C. Davell
20 Feb 2024
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The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month features a conversation with Stephanie Mazzola, a director at Tripp Scott. Even given the growing media sophistication of people of all ages and walks of life, the assertion continues to be made: copyright laws don’t apply to churches. But they do, so let’s examine the increasingly complex application of copyright laws in the church context.   Bill Davell: Why should our church worry about copyright laws?   Stephanie Mazzola: Christians more than anyone else should respect copyright laws. The […]

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