Manage Risks while Returning to Work Are you a business owner who is nervous about reopening your business while COVID-19 remains present in our community? Do you want to keep your employees and customers safe but you are not sure exactly how to do so? Here's some good news: you have lots of resources at your disposal. First, familiarize yourself with guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control, OSHA, and the State of Idaho. Next, you should create your own set of guidelines ...
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Learn An Easy Lesson From Uber
Uber doesn’t seem to have done its homework before rolling out all over the country. Boise is just the latest jurisdiction to threaten further legal action against the company should it choose to continue its operations under its current system. Uber is now facing dozens of legal actions all over the country challenging its business practices, including regulatory complaints in Seattle, Houston, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Boston, California, and Illinois. (See this article for more.) One of ...
The Corporate Structure Of Lemonade Stands
Let’s say your family decides to set up a lemonade stand on a random Saturday. You get the ingredients, set up a table and signs, and start selling. You are operating as a sole proprietor. A sole proprietor is simply the name given to someone who starts engaging in a business by herself without setting up a formal corporate structure. You run your business and you keep your profits. You and your kids run the successful stand for the summer. However, that fall, you get hit with a ...
Intellectual Property: Who Owns It?
Businesses often hire people to create work that is considered intellectual property under the Copyright Act. Examples include logos, books, newspaper articles, and (crucially in today’s environment) software code and website content. In a traditional employer/employee relationship, the rights to intellectual property created within the scope of the employment belong to the employer. However, companies are frequently hiring independent contractors to perform this work. Many start-ups, ...
