Newest Franchise to Enter the Richmond Area – Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park
October 01, 2011

Perkins Law extends a warm franchising welcome to Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, which just opened its first Richmond-area location.

REISA Conference a Huge Success
October 01, 2011

Over a thousand leaders in the alternative investment industry wrapped up three days of education and networking at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas earlier today.

Perkins Presents Update on JOBS Act and Alternative Investments
October 01, 2011

Richmond business attorney Eric Perkins of Perkins Law, PLLC presented an update on the JOBS Act and its implications for the alternative investment industry on Wednesday, October 23.

Should a Virginia nonprofit be structured as a membership organization?
October 01, 2011

In my experience, there are relatively few situations in which a membership organization is the optimal choice of structure for a Virginia nonprofit organization.

IRS Checking Up on Certain Sectors of the Nonprofit Community in 2013
October 01, 2011

The IRS is currently doing a compliance “spot check” on over 1,000 exempt organizations falling under 501(c)(4), (c)(5), and (c)(6) to gather information on these types of self-declared exempt organizations, assess compliance efforts, and promote voluntary compliance...

Note to Small Business Owners—Avoid the Temptation to Astroturf
October 01, 2011

Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsor of a message to give the appearance that it comes from an independent, disinterested source. A business owner would be astrosurfing by posting a positive review of his or her business...