The Perkins Law team was excited to learn this week that we have been named a Constant Contact All Star Award Winner for 2016 in recognition of our social media networking efforts. Receiving this special designation means we are among the top 10% of Constant Contact subscribers in terms of our social media outreach and […]
Want to know who are some of Virginia’s leading social entrepreneurs? For the past several years, Richmond small business and nonprofit lawyer Eric Perkins has studied State Corporation Commission published data and organized a master list of Virginia benefit corporations. Representing a wide variety of industries, the companies on this year’s list reflect a diverse and steadily […]
The featured speaker at this Monday’s Henrico Business Leaders Breakfast was Kevin Eastman. At the time of his retirement last June, Kevin was serving as VP of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers, following 35+ years of coaching at the NBA and collegiate levels. Richmond sports fans will surely recall Kevin’s days as a team […]
An increasingly popular strategy for charitable giving–especially in a rising stock market–is to donate securities to charity. Aside from the obvious philanthropic benefit of supporting an organization or cause that you are passionate about (e.g., Richmond Tennis Association, Goochland Pet Lovers, Breath Matters, James River Hikers-Hiking with History, among so many other great RVA nonprofits), […]
Check out the latest episode in the RVA BizLaw series, “Franchising by the Numbers”! Eric Perkins lays out the three key elements of a franchise and some important factors to keep in mind when choosing franchising as a path to business ownership. Stay tuned for Episode 4 this Thursday as we will dive deeper into the […]
Is it a sign of the impending doom of our society when we can’t even announce major award winners right? The world witnessed a colossal gaffe at the end of Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were apparently handed the wrong envelope when they walked on stage to announce the Best […]
Richmond small business and nonprofit law firm Perkins Law, PLLC is excited to announce the creation of the Perkins Law Annual Scholarship that will provide tuition assistance for a deserving nursing student at Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing. In selecting the scholarship recipient, preference will be given to applicants from Southwestern Virginia/Southern West Virginia. […]
Eric Shulman and Hunter Koontz shared the $500 top prize from last Friday’s Perkins Law Winner-Take-All Challenge match (I assume they split the money 50/50) defeating Kyle Parker and Chase Bernstine to cap an entertaining evening of tennis at Salisbury Country Club’s 9th Annual Friday Night Lights tennis event. A crowd of over 300 local tennis […]
The IRS announced today that publicly available information from approved Form 1023-EZ, Streamlined Application for Recognition of Exemption filings, is now available online for the first time. The data on IRS.gov is available in spreadsheet format and includes information for approved 1023-EZ applications beginning in mid-2014, when the form was introduced. The information will be updated quarterly. The […]