Constant Contact All Star Award Winner for 2016
March 20, 2017

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…

Perkins Law Releases Updated List of Virginia Benefit Corporations
March 19, 2017

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…

What Virginia Small Business Owners Can Learn from Former NBA Coach/Executive Kevin Eastman
March 15, 2017

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…

Why Donating Securities to Charity is a Smart Strategy
March 14, 2017

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…

RVA BizLaw Episode 3 – Franchising by the Numbers
March 10, 2017

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.…

What Virginia Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Can Learn from PwC’s 2017 Oscars Flub
March 06, 2017

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…

Perkins Law Announces Annual Nursing Scholarship at Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
March 03, 2017

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…

Koontz-Shulman Emerge Victorious in the Perkins Law $500 Winner-Take-All Challenge Match
March 01, 2017

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…

More Good News for the Nonprofit Community
February 22, 2017

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…