This vlog provides legal information to organizations in Puerto Rico.
The relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States began – to use business parlance- as a hostile takeover. After skirmishes with Spanish ships, the U.S. attacked San Juan on May 12, 1898. It bombarded the city with ten ships; followed by naval blockade. On July 25, 1898, it led an invasion of the south of the island with 1,300 infantry soldiers. The U.S. offensive was met by Puerto Rican-Spanish soldiers along different fronts. The…
The people of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens. The Island is a self-governing territory of the United States, part of the U.S. federal system and subject to U.S. federal law. The U.S. Constitutional and most federal laws and regulations apply in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico’s government structure is very similar to the federal government and the states, with the three branches of government and a bicameral legislature. The Island enacts its own laws and…
Getting the great results we want- whether it be in life or in business- is the sort of elusive topic that fills libraries and seminar rooms. How many New Year’s resolutions have you accomplished so far? How many busted dreams do you keep hidden in dark confines of your mind? How’s all that working for you? This inability to produce results get further complicated when we start dreaming big. Let’s suppose you want to increase…
On June 9, 2011 the Governor signed the “Law for the Protection of Commercial & Industrial Secrets of Puerto Rico, No. 80 of June 3, 2011. This law imposes civil liability to persons or companies who misappropriate trade secrets. To invoke the protection and remedies of the law is essential to establish policies and processes to maintain the confidential nature of the information. This includes requiring confidentiality agreements.
Under Act No. 5 of December 30, 1996, employers in Puerto Rico must notify the name of all new hires within 20 days of recruitment to the State New Hire Registry division of the the Administration for Child Support Enforcement (“ASUME” in Spanish) .The new hire report must contain the name, address and social security of each employee as well as the name, address and federal Employer Identification Number of the Employer. When the employer…
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