Randy Johnson

About the Author

Randy Johnson

Randy K. Johnson is a Kirton McConkie shareholder and member of the firm’s Business section. He has extensive experience advising founders and management of start-up and emerging growth companies on entity structure, financing, securities, taxation, intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions as well as drafting and negotiating commercial agreements. He can be reached at rkjohnson@kmclaw.com or (801) 328-3600.

• Regulatory: Understanding your D&O insurance policy

  By Randy Johnson  |  March 7, 2012

  Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance offers vital protection to a company and to its directors and officers against financial claims and liabilities. D&O insurance is unlike other liability insurance in several important respects. First, it generally provides coverage for both the company and its officers and directors, despite the fact...

• Regulatory: The 3 criteria of an accidental franchise

  By Randy Johnson  |  February 22, 2012

  Companies that market their goods or services through independent distributors may be surprised to learn their distributorship arrangement is in fact a franchise subject to federal and/or state regulation.

• Regulatory: A primer on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  By Randy Johnson  |  February 8, 2012

  Aside from creating a lot of controversy, President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) left many people asking: What exactly is the CFPB and what does it do?

• Regulatory: The IRS wants to know if your independent contractors are really employees

  By Randy Johnson  |  January 25, 2012

  Given the potentially stiff penalties, companies should exercise care in how they classify service providers

• Regulatory: Piercing the veil of a single-member LLC

  By Randy Johnson  |  January 11, 2012

  A possible trap for the unwary

• Regulatory: Your finder’s fee agreement may not be enforceable

  By Randy Johnson  |  December 28, 2011

  Until the SEC takes more definitive action, companies and finders should exercise great caution.