Megan Erickson of the Dickinson Law Firm has started Erickson’s Blog on Social Networking and the Law. Now that’s a blog that will have a never ending flow of posts. She already has an interesting array of posts including one where a business owner got slapped with a $2 million libel lawsuit for Facebook and
Does Anyone Form an S Corporation Anymore?
The title of this post may be a little tongue-in-cheek, but I would say at this point I am forming perhaps 2-3 times as many LLCs as S corporations.
It still doesn’t mean you should rule out the S corporation as your entity of choice. It could be the entity for your situation. Joe Kristan
Employers Need to Prepare for H1N1
Liz Overton of Sullivan & Ward, P.C. has a timely post on how employers should deal with the H1N1 virus.
While it’s true that employers are currently under no obligation to allow additional time off to employees who do not have available time off or have exhausted their available leave, I could easily see employers facing a tough dilemma about
Watch Out! Your Kid Could Get You Fired
A few weeks ago I posted on how your spouse could get you fired. Well, its not just your spouse you need to worry about. What about your kids?
A recent Family Circle article discussed how a teen’s post got her father fired. The father apparently could not get time off to attend his
Contract Law: Read Your Agreements
Okay, you have decided you can do it on your own. You don’t need a lawyer to review your agreement (at least until the proverbial you know what hits the fan). But let me give you some MasterCard commercial-like "priceless" advice:
READ YOUR AGREEMENTS.
I am honestly not trying to be a smart aleck when
Contract Law: Miscellaneous Provisions Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought
You’ve probably seen them in your contracts. Miscellaneous provisions such as choice of law, litigation venue, successors and assigns provisions, no waiver, entire understanding, or supersede clauses. They tend to always appear at the end of the contract and are almost always an afterthought by the parties. After all, those provisions don’t mean anything
Brick Gentry Lawyers Win Highly Publicized Case in Union County, Iowa
A jury recently found a Union County Board of Supervisor, Mike King, not guilty of disorderly conduct after half hour of deliberation. Brick Gentry’s Matt Brick and Doug Fulton defended King in the case.
For details on the case please read Matt’s blog post regarding the intersection of employment law and criminal law.
Navigate the Internet’s Legal Minefield
Brett Trout, author of BlawgIT, offers his take on how you should navigate the Internet’s legal minefield in a recent post on IowaBiz.
Trout’s Cyberlaw: A Legal Arsenal for Online Business is a book I highly recommend if you currently operate (or plan to operate) an online business. It’s a great desk reference rather
Trial Law: Tiger’s Loss Offers Good Lesson
Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of his time. He was such a lock going into the weekend of the PGA Championship that an Irish bookmaker actually paid out the winnings on Tiger before the third round even started — oops! I’ll admit that I never could have imagined Y.E. Yang would actually pull it out for
Repeat After Me: Get it in Writing
A recent case reported in the Des Moines Register discusses how a handshake deal on the sale of a home went awry for a man that apparently invested over $100,000 in a home – only to learn the home was not his.
Actually there was a one-line agreement in this instance which read, "I Floyd