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Brick Gentry, P.C. is excited to announce that intellectual property attorney, Brian Laurenzo, has joined the firm as a shareholder effective June 1, 2010. Brian was most recently the head of the intellectual property practice group for the Des Moines office of Dorsey & Whitney.
Brian brings a tremendous amount of experience in patent, trademark and copyright law. He has a broad…
The Business Record has an article on a couple of Iowa fitness franchises that are apparently growing at an impressive clip. In the past I wrote a post questioning whether fitness franchises are a solid investment. Based upon my experience in representing a number of franchisees in the fitness industry, I would say the competition is fierce…
Are you considering a franchise business? Read this blog post on evaluating the strength of your franchisor before signing on from the First Prize Franchise blog.
I posted on this a couple of years ago but I consistently see people who invest their life savings tinto franchise operations. Some of these people achieve great results but many (perhaps even…
Growing Des Moines businesses may want to consider a six month program offered by the Small Business Administration called the Emerging 200 (e200) Initiative. Locally the course is taught by Monica Dolezal of Bizstarts. The program begins in April.
The goal of e200 is to identify 200 inner-city businesses across the country that show a…
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A common thing I see from franchisees is that they include only the name of their franchise in an agreement as opposed to including their corporate or limited liability company name. Most of the time the names are different. For example, if my franchise is "Tops Franchise" but my corporate name is "Rush…
A bill in the Iowa Senate could require all businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. My gut tells me many small businesses cannot afford to provide paid sick leave.
What do you think?
This is a part of an on-going series of posts which will form the Legal Guide for Starting a Business in Iowa.
You are considering forming an Iowa small business. What type of business structure should you choose? In Iowa, your choices generally are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, S corporation, C corporation, or…
This February is National Start a Business Month. To celebrate I am offering to form any Iowa incorporation or LLC for half the price during the month of February 2010. It’s my small way to encourage business start-ups and help out start up entrepreneurs.
A couple of years ago I set out to write a Legal Guide to Starting a Business in Iowa. Unfortunately trying to work, write a blog, coach baseball and write the guidebook didn’t quite work for me. I started the guidebook but never came close to finishing it.
So this year I have decided to blog…
A couple of years ago I touched on how wage and hour lawsuits were on the rise. Since then Iowa’s own Casey’s General Stores got tagged for $11.7 million in a settlement. But not even I could have predicted the potential $1,000,000,000 liability that AT&T allegedly faces for failure to pay overtime.