--- title: Mansour Gavin LPA Blog | Corporate and Business (2) description: Corporate and Business | Mansour Gavin provides a wide range of legal services. While we routinely handle complex legal matters, our firm focuses much of its attention on small and middle-market clients based in Northeast Ohio. 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However, whether you own a corporation, LLC, or partnership, it’s [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/are-you-on-top-of-your-corporate-record-keeping) ## [How Data Privacy Has Changed Since the GDPR Took Effect](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/how-data-privacy-has-changed-since-the-gdpr-took-effect) [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) June 26, 2019 | 09:58 AM It’s been just about a year since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect amidst a flurry of predictions that the global data privacy landscape would dramatically change. So, has it? Well, not quite… yet, anyway.   [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/how-data-privacy-has-changed-since-the-gdpr-took-effect) ## [Ask the Attorney - Data Privacy Regulations in the US](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/ask-the-attorney-data-privacy) [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) March 06, 2019 | 01:01 PM ### Q: I keep hearing about various data privacy regulations being passed, but my company does not do business overseas. Should I still be thinking about doing anything, and if so, why? [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/ask-the-attorney-data-privacy) ## [Inadvertently Destroying Evidence: A Risk to Avoid](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/inadvertently-destroying-evidence) [Civil Litigation](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/civil-litigation) | [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) April 18, 2018 | 03:42 PM ### Spoliation of evidence is the willful destruction of key evidence, in the face of current or potential [litigation](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-areas/). In Ohio, [a party](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/general-civil-litigation/)damaged by spoliation has two avenues for relief: 1) seek sanctions in the pending lawsuit, or 2) file a separate [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/inadvertently-destroying-evidence) ## [Breaking the Stereotype: Medical Marijuana](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/breaking-the-stereotype-medical-marijuana) [Civil Litigation](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/civil-litigation) | [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) September 26, 2017 | 09:18 AM ### The war on marijuana began in the 1960s and culminated in the Drug Abuse and Prevention Act of 1970 signed by Richard Nixon. Today the drug remains a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin, cocaine and LSD, pursuant to the federal Controlled Substances [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/breaking-the-stereotype-medical-marijuana) ## [Medical Marijuana in Ohio: Where are We Now?](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/medical-marijuana-in-ohio-where-are-we-now) [Civil Litigation](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/civil-litigation) | [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) September 26, 2017 | 09:18 AM ### More than a year has passed since Governor Kasich signed House Bill 523, [legalizing medical marijuana (MMJ) in Ohio](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/corporate-and-business-services/) and making our state the 25th to adopt such a program. At the time, those interested in getting involved — as a cultivator, [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/medical-marijuana-in-ohio-where-are-we-now) ## [Are “B Corps” the Future of Business?](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/are-b-corps-the-future-of-business) [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) November 20, 2015 | 09:31 AM ### A majority of states believe that may be the case. A Benefit Corporation or a “B Corp” is a “triple bottom line” company. Those familiar with B Corps refer to the triple bottom line as the three Ps: People, Planet and Profit. Unlike other corporate [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/are-b-corps-the-future-of-business) ## [Retain Key Employees with Equity-Based Compensation](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/a-creative-strategy-for-retaining-key-employees-equity-based-compensation-plans) [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) October 29, 2015 | 09:35 AM ### Looking to attract and retain skilled and motivated employees? Consider adopting an equity-based compensation plan. Equity-based compensation plans (ECPs) give your employees a direct stake in the success of your business and an added incentive to [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/a-creative-strategy-for-retaining-key-employees-equity-based-compensation-plans) ## [Ernie Mansour Talks Attorneys](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/ernie-mansour-talks-attorneys) [Corporate and Business](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/corporate-and-business) September 22, 2015 | 01:25 PM ### Mr. Mansour is the founding partner of the firm. He continues to counsel corporate clients on complex business issues, antitrust litigation and labor matters. 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