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April 1, 2021

Are you considering a business acquisition? Safeguard your investment with experienced legal counsel from The DeChello Law Firm – decades of experience ensure you resolve hidden risks and maximize your advantages as a buyer. Our legal team will help you buy with confidence.

April 1, 2021

Do you need a lawyer to start a business? Some will likely tell you it’s a needless expense – many others are sure to tell foregoing professional legal counsel could haunt you. How much are you willing to roll the dice on your investment?

July 20, 2016

Connecticut’s Uniform Power of Attorney Act becomes effective July 1 2016. Under the new law, individuals commonly referred to as the “principal” may execute a Power of Attorney “POA” designating another individual or someone commonly referred to as their “agent” to act on their behalf or to transact business for them.

June 17, 2016

The US Congress has created a new federal law, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), that allows parties to use the federal courts to protect their trade secrets where trade secret(s) have been misappropriated if the trade secret is related to a product or service used in, or intended for use in, interstate or foreign commerce.

May 20, 2016

The US Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently revamped regulations governing the exemption of executive, administrative and professional (“EAP”) employees from the minimum wage and overtime pay protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Effective December 1, 2016, in order to be exempt from overtime pay (“OT”) for working over 40 hours in a workweek, EAP employees must earn at least $913 per week or $47,476 annually.

Nov. 30, 2014

When it comes time to sell your business, there are hundreds of different things to think about: Gathering tax forms, putting together financial statements, minimizing the company’s reliance on you, streamline and document processes as much as possible, etc. One of the things that is often far from the top of the list is considering what to do with the current workforce.

Nov. 23, 2014

If you’ve ever had a pet in your life, then you are undoubtedly quite familiar with PetSmart, the giant national pet store chain, where millions of Americans go every year to shop for their pets.

Nov. 18, 2014

Connecticut has passed a new law, An Act Concerning an Optional Method of Foreclosure ( the ”Act”), effective as of January 1, 2015, providing another option in foreclosure cases, in addition to the traditional standard remedies of strict foreclosure and foreclosure by sale. The new remedy is Foreclosure By Market Sale.

Oct. 26, 2014

If you have $800,000 just lying around, you could find yourself the owner of a whole town. That’s right, a town. If you’ve never heard of Johnsonville, Connecticut, don’t be too surprised. It has essentially been a ghost town since 1994, but before that, it had been everything from a movie set, to a textile mill, and even a theme park.

Oct. 19, 2014

In this blog, we have talked about many of the different aspects around selling a business, such as how to get started, good first steps to take, where to start looking for buyers, etc.