Legal Blog for Global Entrepreneurs by the Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis During the Fireside chat at last week’s EU Startup Summit in Barcelona, Ricardo Ciccone co-founder and CEO king.com said that entrepreneurs are always faced with challenges, and that if they are not, then they should worry. The challenges Ricardo spoke about are… Read More
Intellectual Property (IP), like real property, has value. Your brand strategy, the emotional aspect of marketing, often seen as the “intangible feeling”, contains tangible property. The question is – how do you protect your global brand strategy in another country? After you have decided the optimum position for your brand outside of your domestic market, … Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis Business planning is essential to developing any business. Whether it be 20 pages or on a napkin, it is understood and accepted that it is an imperative tool in business development. Business planning is not only essential from moving a business idea… Read More
How do you make your city a better place? How do you engage urban citizens? How do you change their responsibilities and their liabilities? While people around the world were making new years resolutions, there are startups that were making resolutions four years from now. These startups are setting goals and establishing objectives where citizens… Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis Where can startups find advice and connect with investors, other startups and other interested “stakeholders” in the startup ecosystem? If I was asked this question on October 8th, I would have known exactly where to direct inquirers – the 1st annual… Read More
Upcoming review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and its impact on transatlantic business activities. Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis For foreign companies that either have or are seeking to establish a parent company, a branch, a subsidiary, or an affiliate in the U.S.; and want to send a foreign employee who is either an executive, a manager, or an employee with specialized… Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis Today, June 27th, 2017, is the first International Day of Micro-, Small, and Medium-Seized Enterprises as designated by the UN General Assembly on April 6th, 2017 through UN resolution A/RES/71/279. In celebrating this day, I dedicate this article to the entrepreneurs of… Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis EB-5 petitioners who are seeking this visa classification have two options for investing in the U.S. – direct investment, where their qualified investment results in the direct creation or preservation of at least 10 permanent full time jobs for U.S. workers; or… Read More
By Janelle M. Lewis, Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Janelle M. Lewis Do you possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics? Do you have a demonstrated record of achievement in the motion picture or television industry and have been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements? If you fall into… Read More
