I am really pleased to report that we have made significant progress on Brick Gentry’s legal Webinars. We hope to have them up and running within the next couple of months. My first Webinar will be on franchise due dligence.
Keep a look out for our new Brick Gentry Web site developed by CreateWowMarketing.
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 into law. This new law changes the provision of healthcare in the United States more than any recent legislation. The impact and implementation of this new law will take
In an effort to streamline the process for setting up Iowa corporations and limited liability companies, I now have a form you can find by clicking the red button on the right hand side of the blog. The button will direct you to the form to fill out so you can provide me the information necessary to get
I am looking forward to speaking on June 9th at the PorticoHR Social Media & Human Resources Seminar. Should be a fun panel with pulic relations and social media strategist Claire Celsi and Sam Mandolfo of LinkedIn also speaking.
PorticoHR is a provider of temporary and direct-hire staffing in Central Iowa. It is owned by Katie Roth who
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
Mark Toth of the Manpower Employment Law Blog has a post on the largest gender discrimination verdict in history.
Be sure to check Mark’s post. It’s a whopper!
Also, from time to time, Mark has free employment law webinars. His next webinar is May 26th. You can’t beat the price!
The Iowa Supreme Court handed down an important ruling yesterday in which the spouses of two Des Moines area real estate developers used the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to defeat a bank attempting to hold them responsible for personal guarantees on several million in loans. The Court found a violation of the act because there was no finding
Brick Gentry immigration lawyer, Austin Kennedy, commented on recent issues impacting immigration in an interview on Channel 5 in Des Moines.
See the video here.
Recently a prospective franchisee asked me to review an agreement from a franchisor. When I asked about the franchise disclosure document, I was told the franchisor did not have one. This is not the first time this has happened.
No matter how great the product or service may be, if the franchisor has not taken
