Business & Employment Law

In Pennsylvania We Mean Business

The attorneys and paralegals of the business department of Eckell Sparks represent a diverse group of business entities. They range from entrepreneurs to large corporations, from companies that operate locally to ones that have national and international operations including—

Our lawyers devote a substantial amount of time working to provide the information clients need to make critical decisions to attract business, become more profitable, and develop reputations as leaders in their fields.

Comprehensive Capabilities and Services

Our firm provides services that range from business formation documents to the contracts necessary to run and maintain the business to advising clients in their critical decisions. 

We handle—

• Formation and Representation of Business Entities

  • Corporations
  • Limited liability companies
  • General and limited partnerships
  • Professional practices
  • Joint ventures
  • Nonprofit organizations

• Corporate Governance

  • Shareholders agreements
  • Partnership and operating agreements

• Commercial Transactions

  • Purchases and sales of businesses
  • Capital and financing transactions 

• Contracts

  • Vendor agreements
  • Manufacturing and distribution agreements

• Taxation

  • Tax planning and analysis
  • Representation before the IRS, State and Local Tax Authorities Representation before U.S. Tax Court

• Technology, Computer and Internet Law

  • Software development and licensing agreements
  • E-commerce

• Employment Matters

  • Employment agreements
  • Executive and incentive compensation
  • Pension and retirement matters
  • Consulting agreements
  • Confidentiality, nondisclosure, and noncompetition agreements
  • Stock option plans

Our business and employment law department provides representation to both employers and employees alike in connection with what is now an ever-changing and evolving field of federal and state laws, regulations and judicial decisions.

We will advise and represent employers and employees on employment-related issues, such as—

• Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Family Medical Leave Act
• Title VII (race, religion, gender, national orientation discrimination)
• Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
• Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• Issues in hiring and firing employees
• Noncompete agreements (restrictive covenants)
• Severance agreements
• Sexual harassment claims

For employers—

We provide a range of legal services from reviewing and drafting employee handbooks and manuals, advising employers on hiring, firing and other personnel decisions, and drafting severance agreements and employment contracts, to defending employers in litigation before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as in the state and federal courts.

For employees—

We represent employees who have suffered from, or have been subjected to—discrimination or discriminatory practices by their employers; employees who have been wrongfully terminated; employees who have been denied equal or legally-entitled pay; employees who have lost or who have been denied employment leave or other benefits; and employees who have been refused reasonable accommodations for disabilities. We also review, draft and counsel employees with respect to employment agreements, severance agreements, and noncompete agreements (restrictive covenants).

For further information on the services of our Business Department, please contact—

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