Legal, Financial, Marketing News & Tips January, 2025

Greetings!

Happy New Year! I hope your 2025 is off to a great start. As you set new goals this year, or face new challenges, feel free to contact me when legal issues arise. My legal team includes affordable specialists in all areas of law, who work with individuals and small businesses throughout Metro Detroit. After you have a free intake call with me, I will provide you with a referral to the right attorney to assist you with your legal matter. Click here for a sampling of some of the ways my team and I can help you.

Until you have a legal question or referral for me, I hope you will enjoy this month's newsletter featuring new articles on the following topics:

Legal
Financial
Privacy and Security
Marketing and Sales
Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Consumer Warnings

All my best,

Lori

Lori T. Williams, Owner/Managing Attorney

Your Legal Resource, PLLC

248 594 4470

Lori@BestLegalResource.com

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Serving as Your Legal Resource since 2004

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Legal

The Pokemon Company wins $15 million copyright lawsuit against game that copied Pokemon characters

US Regulator finds banks have work to do on managing climate risk

SEC fines Moody's, S&P Global, and Fitch Ratings in expanded WhatsApp probe

State Department rolls out updated online passport renewal process, on a limited basis

US regulator warns banks against charging overdraft fees without advance customer consent

Drug distributors strike $300 million opioid settlement with US health plans

Judge rules for insurers in more opioid cases against CVS

X sues advertisers alleging their boycott of social media platform violated Antitrust law

T-Mobile agrees to pay $31.5 million to resolve FCC data breach charges

Judge rules FTC can proceed with antitrust lawsuit against Amazon

FTC announces rule to make it easier to cancel subscriptions

FTC's subscription cancellation rule criticized by business groups

Financial

Taxpayers in 24 states will be able to file their returns directly with IRS for free in 2025

7 Retirement Planning Mistakes to Avoid xxx

Employees age 60 to 63 can make an extra $11,250 as a catchup contribution to their 401(k) in 2025

Why rolling over your 401(k) when you switch jobs could cost you $300,000 xxx

What to do if you sent money to the wrong person on Cash App, Zelle, or Venmo xxx

7 mistakes that could tank your retirement

Privacy/Security

Prevention is the essential first step in cybersecurity

How organizations can minimize the collection of data

Ransomware incidents increase 73%+++

Wells Fargo named in Infosys attack impacting 6 million

What To Do If Your Facebook Account Gets Hacked

23andMe To Pay Up To $10,000 To Data Breach Victims—Are You Eligible?

Marketing and Sales

How to craft an effective tag line

How to build an effective marketing strategy for startups

Questions to ask now to start creating your 2025 marketing plan

How to professionally say No to a customer

Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

How to minimize startup risk

Startup mistakes to avoid

How merchant cash advances impacts your small business

Challenges startups face when trying to scale the business

When to sell your company

When to use financing to boost business cash flow

5 ways to raise capital as a small business

SBA offers $20M in Grants to Support Small Business Exports

Consumer Warnings

What's with all the listeria in our food?

Why It's Time to Ditch Passwords and Switch to Passkeys

Anxiety drug Clonazepam recalled for mislabeling; could cause a 'life-threatening' event

FDA bans controversial ingredient in Soda/Pop

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