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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:
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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…
Iowa intellectual property lawyer Brett Trout has a terrific post on IowaBiz illustrating why it is dangerous to steal online contracts. Brett says,
I have seen companies steal terms of use agreements and privacy policies from websites that have nothing to do with their line of business. Not even taking the time to read the
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Small Business Owners – Beware! If you own or manage a small business you live in a world of substantial legal risks and increasing complexity. It is easy to find examples of practices that once have been common but now could give rise to employment lawsuits. One such example I often hear is "I’ll…
It is possible to form your own corporation without a lawyer’s help. Every day, many entrepreneurs do exactly that by using online incorporation kits. I have written about such companies in the past. There is definitely a segment of the market these incorporation companies serve.
The most obvious motivating factor for setting up a corporation…
The Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) has its first networking event today. The event is from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. in the Arthur Davis conference room at the Greater Des Moines Partnership office at 700 Locust Street in Des Moines.
The featured speaker is Steven Smith, President and CEO of GCommerce. He will be talking about…
Retirement, ERISA, ‘s corporation’…
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From Mike Colwell of Biz I learned about Franchise Interviews which is another resource for those interesting in franchising. The site has several interviews with successful franchisees, franchisors and franchise experts (including lawyers).
I listened to the interview with leading franchise lawyer Kevin Hein of the Denver office of Snell & Wilmer. ( An interesting interview but…
Upon my return from vacation I ran across a site called The Franchise Pundit. I have been looking a long time for Web sites that give balanced information on franchises rather than just reciting promotional materials. The Franchise Pundit appears to be such a site.
If you are conducting due diligence on a franchise you…
I am excited to announce that the Sullivan & Ward law firm will publish its Iowa Law Blog beginning in mid to late August. The firm’s law blog will cover general legal issues inlcuding the following areas of law:
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