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As I read the story the other day about the New Jersey junior varsity high school baseball coach who was sued for telling a kid to slide, shivers shot up my spine. I thought back to all those times as ...

There is no doubt that the current state of privacy laws in the United States is in flux. Following the European Union’s rollout of the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, in May 2018, it became clear it was only ...

A new proposal pending in Congress would affect estate planning strategies for retirement accounts. The proposal highlights the need to carefully consider beneficiary designations for these accounts – whether or not the law change passes. Although the proposed changes under the SECURE ...

Joe Altobelli loved telling the story about how he pulled Cal Ripken Jr. aside the day after the Baltimore Orioles won the 1983 World Series. The O’s manager noticed that his young shortstop had played every inning of every game ...

Workforce development and talent strategy have emerged as priorities over the past year for the Finger Lakes region’s economic future. In response to this, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce has stepped up to start an exciting new chapter in the ...

  Retirement accounts such as an IRA, a 401(k), a 403(b) or a 457 plan are a tax-efficient group of investment vehicles, inasmuch as the taxation of all income and capital gains generated by these accounts is deferred until funds ...

There he was, a year ago this Friday, playing in perhaps his last NBA game, chucking up brick after painful brick. Several shots clanged off the rim. A few ricocheted hard off the backboard. Only one of the 11 attempts ...

Remember the good old days when advertising was easy? There was a morning newspaper that almost everyone read. There were two or three radio stations that most people listened to. There were a handful of television programs that most people ...

“Like many, our company is embracing telecommuting more than ever and leaves it up to managers to decide who can take advantage of the policy. Some people on my team are doing it successfully, but we have some new people ...

Quick: How do you think our team members responded when we announced we were going to give unlimited paid time off (PTO) a try? If you’re like me, you’re thinking there were wild cheers, hooting and hollering, and maybe even ...

Tensions between shareholders and Founder CEOs are not an uncommon occurrence. A recent example would be in February 2019, when Tesla shareholders, outraged by Elon Musk’s tweets, were torn between forcing him to step down or keeping him at the ...

Kyle Williams hasn’t had any second thoughts about his decision to retire last December. Sure, it would have been a blast to be a part of the Buffalo Bills’ 5-2—soon to be 6-2—start on their way to a likely playoff ...

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When clients ask me if it’s better to use a Roth IRA or a 529 plan to save for their children’s college, I usually answer, “yes.”   I don’t say that to be snarky. I say it to be objective. ...

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His long and winding road had taken him to four colleges in four years. So when nomadic Jeff Van Gundy arrived on the Nazareth College campus in the summer of 1983 after attending Yale University, Menlo (Calif.) College and the ...

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I was meeting with a VP of a local company recently, and he shared a story that is likely similar to one that plays out in offices everywhere, even if it’s not always so explicitly expressed. An individual contributor in the ...

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