MH Business Exchange channel

McDonald Hopkins member David Drechsler joins host Mike Witzke to share fascinating stories from the front lines of his career as a litigator. The discussion focuses on trust and litigation cases that can help to inform the decision making of listeners who face similar dilemmas.

On this episode of the McDonald Hopkins Business Exchange, Ben Panter, chair of the firm's Executive Compensation and Governance Practice Group, joins host Mike Witzke to discuss key employee compensation issues. As Panter points out, "Right now is a critical time for companies to reassess their compensation programs. Not only do they need to continue to retain their employees and motivate their employees to help dig them out of a potentially dire situation (due to the pandemic), but there are also competitors looking to poach key employees. If you're not offering a competitive pay package, it (creates) a greater ability for competitors to poach talent." Visit McDonald Hopkins for more, including an infographic featuring Panter's 4 Key Employee Compensation Issues for Business.

On this episode of MH Business Exchange, MH attorneys Owen Quinn and Marc Carmel join host Mike Witzke discuss how bankruptcies effect two specific situations in construction industry: What happens when the general contractor files for bankruptcy and what happens when the project owner files for bankruptcy? For more information, read Quinn and Carmel's blog posts on Bankruptcy and the Construction Industry at McDonald Hopkins.com: * Bankruptcy and the construction industry: What happens when the general contractor files for bankruptcy?: https://bit.ly/2ZMik5u * Bankruptcy and the construction industry: What happens when the project owner files for bankruptcy?https://bit.ly/3hBiYZv

Alan Burger, an experienced litigator and Member in McDonald Hopkins’ West Palm Beach office, joins host Mike Witzke to discuss the insight gained over the course of a 30-year legal career on three common questions clients ask when facing litigation.

Words matter. To accompany his blog on mcdonaldhopkins.com, "“ANY REASON” may mean “SOME REASON” in Triggering a Post-employment Restrictive Covenant," McDonald Hopkins attorney Richard Kessler joins MH Business Exchange host Mike Witzke to discuss how the lack of consistency of triggering verbiage will impact the applicability and ultimate enforceability of a post-employment restrictive covenant.