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Good article on IowaBiz regarding insurance for employee lawsuits. Most businesses would be smart to explore this type of insurance coverage, especially in today’s slumping economy.
I think many small businesses are under the mistaken believe that they are covered for employment lawsuits through their ordinary business liability coverage. This is usually not the…
Week one in the Des Moines Franchise Case is in the books. Looks like the trial will last another couple of weeks. In the first week several city council members and officials testified but the bottom line is that this case boils down the the experts and the trees.
As discussed in my previous post, the…
The City of Des Moines utility franchise tax trial begins today. The following is a summary of the procedural aspects of the case and what is at stake.
Initially, the Des Moines had been sued in District Court by Lisa Kragnes seeking to declare the utility franchise fee found on MidAmerican Energy bills illegal. Kragnes won in district…
UCLA professor Samuel Culbert says to get rid of the employee performance review. But to protect your business I say you better not do that any time soon. Find out why in my post over on IowaBiz.com.
It has taken longer than I had hoped but my November goal is to lauch the Interactive Learning Environment for clients and others interested in employment law compliance and training, franchising basics and starting up your business. Our initial free program will include a Legal Guidebook on Starting Your Iowa Business. Gradually, we will release more and…
The ABA’s Forum on Franchising is this week in Austin, Texas. Another all-star lineup features an intensive program about learning from mistakes under the new FTC rule. Again, there are several other terrific programs. One of the more interesting talks is about franchising in the BRIC markets. (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Like the US, those markets have experienced an economic downturn. How will that impact franchising development in those…
Brick Gentry’s Austin Kennedy is now live with his new immigration law blog. The blog was designed by our friends at Lexblog.
Austin chairs Brick Gentry’s immigration and naturalization law practice group, with an emphasis on employment-based immigration (ie., work visas), employer immigration compliance (ie., avoiding and recovering from ICE raids) and investor…
Juice Magazine recently interviewed me for an article on how to start your own business. I offered the following tips to new business owners:
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The Ohio Practical Business Law Blog examines the new Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) a recent post. The new FDD rules began in earnest on July 1, 2008.
Previously I posted on some of the key differences between the old UFOC rule and the new FDD rule including:
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The bailout is not universally popular with Main Street America but the International Franchise Association says a bailout is needed because our credit crisis "threatens to derail the future growth of franchised businesses because it undermines the health of credit markets as well as equity markets."
There is no doubt Wall Street is hoping against all hope…