August 2007

Copy Another Company’s Employee Handbook at Your Peril

By Rush Nigut on August 20, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Business Litigation, Employment Law

Employee Handbooks, FMLA…
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Franchise Interviews a “Sound” Resource

By Rush Nigut on August 15, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Buying & Selling a Business, Franchise Law, Starting a Business

From Mike Colwell of Biz I learned about Franchise Interviews which is another resource for those interesting in franchising. The site has several interviews with successful franchisees, franchisors and franchise experts (including lawyers).

I listened to the interview with leading franchise lawyer Kevin Hein of the Denver office of Snell & Wilmer. ( An interesting interview but…

Franchisor Inside Scoop

By Rush Nigut on August 13, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Buying & Selling a Business, Franchise Law, Starting a Business

Upon my return from vacation I ran across a site called The Franchise Pundit. I have been looking a long time for Web sites that give balanced information on franchises rather than just reciting promotional materials. The Franchise Pundit appears to be such a site.

If you are conducting due diligence on a franchise you…

Sullivan & Ward Iowa Law Blog Coming Soon

By Rush Nigut on August 6, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Business Litigation, Buying & Selling a Business, Current Affairs, Electronic Discovery, Employment Law, Events, Franchise Law, Incorporation and LLC Formation, Starting a Business

I am excited to announce that the Sullivan & Ward law firm will publish its Iowa Law Blog beginning in mid to late August. The firm’s law blog will cover general legal issues inlcuding the following areas of law:

Utility and electric cooperative law;
Business law;
Trusts and estates;
Family law;
Real Estate law;
Trial &

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Document Retention Playing to the Jury

By Rush Nigut on August 3, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Business Litigation, Current Affairs, Electronic Discovery, Employment Law

Michael Moore has an informative post on Developing a Record Retention Policy on his Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog. Michael raises a particularly insightful issue:

Anticipate the arguments that may be made and inferences that could be drawn from the destruction of certain documents and weigh it against the expense of retaining and producing the

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The Cure for the Useless Corporate Lawyer

By Rush Nigut on August 1, 2007

Posted in Business Law, Business Litigation, Buying & Selling a Business, Employment Law, Franchise Law, Starting a Business

Yesterday I had an interesting discussion with one of my buddies. He is an executive with a Fortune 500 company out-of-state and he was expressing his frustration with lawyers – actually his own lawyers. He just got off the phone with one of his outside counsel when I called. After talking with him for less than 30 seconds I…

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Rush Nigut is a shareholder with the Brick Gentry Law Firm in West Des Moines, Iowa. His practice includes both transactional and litigation matters including…

Rush Nigut is a shareholder with the Brick Gentry Law Firm in West Des Moines, Iowa. His practice includes both transactional and litigation matters including franchising and business law. Rush started his legal blog, Rush on Business, in 2006. He has been quoted or referenced by hundreds of other blogs, websites, and publications. He also is the editor of the Brick Gentry Trial Team blog and can help you identify the most qualified lawyer at Brick Gentry to handle your case. Our lawyers have a breadth of trial experience in personal injury, employment discrimination, business litigation, IP law, and class action cases.