Congratulations to What’s For Dinner – Des Moines and its owners, Dawn Angus and Kristen Severs for their feature article in the Des Moines Business Record. The success of their meal assembly business has brought multiple inquiries from would be entrepreneurs who are wondering whether they offer franchises opportunities for their business. The thought of expanding beyond
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Iowa’s Toughest Attorney Seeks Match
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TheDes Moines Business Record features Iowa patent attorney Brett Trout and his foray into Mixed-Martial Arts (MMA) cage fighting. Brett is seeking a cage match against an "attorney to be named later" with all the proceeds going to charity.
So do you have what it takes to get in the ring with this 6’4",250 lbs., intellectual…
Patriot Act Struck Down in Part
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Iowa patent and intellectual property attorney Brett Trout posted yesterday on the recent ruling from a federal judge that struck down a key part of the Patriot Act. Brett refers to an article from the Associated Press.
It is important to note the judge immediately stayed his ruling so the government could appeal. I will follow…
Employees v. Independent Contractors Drawing Interest
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Thanks to Nina Kaufman for quoting my post "Employees v. Independent Contractors" on the Entrepreneur.com Blog Network. Nina’s blog on the network is "Making It Legal: The small business mentor’s guide to entrepreneurship and law." Her advice on the employee v. independent contractor issue is excellent:
This is not an area to
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Is Your Business Looking to Blog?
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Posted in Current Affairs, Events
Is your business looking to blog? Want to find out more about how you can have a Web site on steroids?
If so, you definitely need to listen to DSMBuzz podcast with Mike Sansone of Converstations. Mike Sansone is a premier blog coach, not just here in Central Iowa, but also nationally. Particularly if you are a…
Information for Franchisees
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In the never ending search for objective franchise information I discovered Blue MauMau. The site is a franchisee community designed to share insight, comments and stories about buying and running a franchise.
A few of recent blog entries worth reading are:
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George Davison Iowa Law Blog
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Posted in Business Law, Current Affairs
Des Moines, Iowa lawyer and broadcaster George Davison shares his interesting insight and resources on George Davison Iowa Law. Many of you may know George from his work on WHO radio as a news anchor. He sports one of the best all-time radio voices I have heard. George is also an adjunct professor at…
Microsoft-Iowa Class Action Settlement Hearing
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It’s been a long time since I have written about the Microsoft-Iowa case but the hearing for final approval of the $179.95 million settlement is this Friday, August 31. The settlement received preliminary approval from Judge Rosenberg back in April and I anticipate the judge will grant final approval of the settlement.
Class members are…
Risk and Responsibility in the 21st Century Symposium
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Drake University Law School is hosting a Risk and Responsbility in the 21 Century Symposium on September 7, 2007.
The goals of the symposium are (1) to explore the notion of risk, (2) consider how we should respond to it in this century, both in the private and in the public arena, and in…
Aerospace Geartech and BIZ Featured in Des Moines Register
Congratulations to Vince Basile of Aerospace Geartech who is featured in an article about the Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) in today’s Des Moines Register Business section.
Executive Director Mike Colwell worked with Vince to obtain grants through the Iowa Department of Economic Development and DMACC in order to purchase two manufacturing businesses (one from Ilinois and…