Gavin Craig in his new Twin Cities Business Litigation Blog has an excellent post on the importance of making sure the world knows you have a corporate entity. Craig is convinced that many small business owners (especially contractors) do not know how to properly operate a corporation or LLC. Craig says,
When a person incorporates their business, it
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After reading a post from Ohio business lawyer Terri Rasmussen I wrote a post for IowaBiz asking whether Iowa will need a "business" court to compete?
In response I received an email from the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on Business Courts, Lee Applebaum, who was kind enough to provide me more information on
The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog earns a gold medal with its Olympic-themed Blawg Review #172. Jon Hyman’s review has some great blog posts from lawyers across the country, both in and outside of employment law. Be sure to read it.
Thanks to Jon for including my post on the real reason the Packers traded Brett Favre.
"How could the Packers trade him?"
"What were the Packers thinking?"
"I just don’t understand it?"
I am writing to shed some light on this decision. Favre turns 39 in October. That means next year Favre would have entered a protected class for the purposes of age discrimination when he turned 40. Sure, Favre may have had a
Franchisee lawyer Richard Solomon has a passion for spreading the word about conducting pre-investment due diligence. His latest post on the BlueMauMau site outlines many of the pitfalls experienced by franchisees in various industries. It also discusses the fact that a mere review of the franchise disclosure document and franchise agreement is not enough. On that subject he
In this morning’s paper I noticed that Dear Abby a/k/a Jeanne Phillips dispensed a little advice concerning the sexual harassment of "Millie".
While I didn’t have major problems with the advice in the column ("Dear Abby" thinks Millie should report the inappropriate behavior by one of the firm’s clients to her boss), I wondered
Washington employment lawyer Donald Heyrich details some recent huge verdicts against 
employers. The verdicts in his report range all the way up to a whopping $47 million.
Looking to avoid big verdicts? I say treat employees with RESPECT and keep in mind the Golden Rule of Employee Relations: Fairness. Unfortunately too many employers forget these
Many Iowa business owners think the new Iowa SmokeFree Air Act only applies to bars and restaurants. Not so!
Check out my post today on the Des Moines Business Record’s IowaBiz site for more details.
Employment law guru Mark Toth has some very helpful "cheat sheets" covering the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
Mark says there are more cheat sheets to come. Also, you would be smart to attend his free Webinar on July 30th for Every Employment Law in 60 Minutes
Des Moines CPA Joe Kristan provides an important lesson on his Roth & Co. Tax Updates Blog in a post entitled, "It’s Your Company. Is it Your Deduction?"
Joe recounts the story of an entrepreneur who incorporated a business but then spent over $47,000 in business expense out of his own pocket, which he then deducted on
