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- “Fair Use” laws can help with copyright infringement defense
- 2 tips for employers that can help avoid wage and hour disputes
- 2 warning signs your business partnership is in trouble
- 2 ways to protect your business from litigation
- 2 ways to reduce the chance of problems when firing someone
- 3 common reasons workers file wage claims against employers
- 3 lawful reasons to fire an employee
- 3 reasonable accommodations for employees with disability
- 3 tips that can help when you’re going through a merger
- 3 ways to protect the company when someone alleges harassment
- 4 mistakes to avoid when it comes to trademarks
- 4 reasons you can justify firing an employee
- 4 things to consider in a partnership dispute
- 4 ways businesses can reduce workplace discrimination
- 4 ways to protect intellectual property
- 5 ways your trademark can be violated
- A growing concern for many California employers
- A material challenge for employers: workers’ discrimination claims
- Age-based worker complaints can rock a company
- Are you getting employee classification right?
- Are you required to pay employees on military leave?
- Are your job postings discriminative?
- As an employer, there are limits to reasonable accommodation
- Be careful with the wording in your job postings
- Business law advocates receive comprehensive education, training
- Can businesses legally prohibit overtime pay?
- Can I get specific performance for my breach of contract claim?
- Can you buy out your business partner over a dispute?
- Can you expel your business partner?
- Can you fire an employee for lying on their resume?
- Can you reduce an employee’s pay?
- Can you use non-compete agreements with your employees?
- Celebrity Rights
- Competitors cooperating could be a form of unfair competition
- Copyright Fallacies
- Could your competition work together to undercut your prices?
- Creative Commons
- Defense options when facing a breach of contract claim
- Do friends make bad business partners?
- Do you know what you can (and cannot) trademark?
- Does your company’s NDA provide the protection that it should?
- DOL announcement signals potential shift in gig economy
- Employment audits: a valuable tool to prevent legal disputes
- Ensure that your company offers enough comp time
- Ensure your company complies with rest break laws
- Ensuring that your trade practices are fair
- Entertainment: Barbie Wars
- Fake online reviews can be a form of unfair competition
- First Sale Doctrine
- Have you been accused of discrimination for promoting the right person?
- Have your competitors engaged in industrial espionage?
- Helpful Trademarks
- Hollywood Trademarks
- How at-will employment laws affect wrongful termination claims
- How can employers avoid wrongful termination claims?
- How can you know it’s time to end a partnership?
- How can you protect your business trade secrets in California?
- How do businesses avoid claims of wrongful termination?
- How mergers and acquisitions can lead to widespread discrimination
- How might your employees breach their employment contracts?
- How partnership agreements prevent disputes
- How should a company respond to harassment complaints?
- How to avoid breaking California’s unfair competition laws
- How to deal with blackmail from a former employee
- How to eliminate abandonment from your organization
- How to respond to an employee’s claim of discrimination
- Inclusivity and a neurodivergent workplace
- Is California an at-will employment state?
- Is it impossible to fire employees in protected classes?
- Is it legal for someone else to use your trademark?
- Is it time for your company to talk about caste discrimination?
- Legions of CA business owners have key data to protect
- Mergers are a time of meaningful change for companies
- Mistakes to avoid when facing workplace discrimination claims
- My partner has stolen my trade secret. What next?
- New law prohibits severance agreements from being tied to silence
- Pay transparency in California is the law starting in January
- Policing a trademark: Why it matters and how to do it effectively
- Preparing for trademark litigation
- Product Placement
- Promoting religious tolerance in your company
- Protecting a company against retaliation claims
- Protecting your trade secrets from departing employees
- Rules for Collaboration
- Should you prohibit office dating?
- Supreme Court will hear Warhol copyright infringement case
- The commercial realm: not every participant plays fair
- The fundamentals of a partnership agreement
- The importance of protecting intellectual property
- The pros and cons of business mergers
- These behaviors can create a toxic workplace
- Thinking of suing a business associate? What should you consider?
- Tips for avoiding wrongful termination accusations
- Tips for creating effective business contracts
- Tips for defending against a wrongful termination lawsuit
- Tips for firing a protected employee
- Unfair competition: Puffery or false advertising?
- Use caution when responding to online complaints
- Was it a breach of your partnership agreement to force you out?
- What are some signs of a disgruntled employee?
- What are the 6 bundles of rights every creator owns?
- What are the consequences of infringement?
- What are the most common types of business disputes?
- What are the signs of workplace retaliation?
- What are unfair business practices?
- What California employers should know about the new marijuana law
- What entrepreneurs should know about securities when seeking investors
- What is “fair use” in a copyright infringement defense?
- What is accidental workplace discrimination?
- What is or is not sexual harassment?
- What should you look for in a business partner?
- What should your employee handbook contain?
- What to do if an employee makes a sexual harassment complaint
- What to keep in mind when choosing a business partner
- When can an employer mandate an “English Only” policy?
- When can another company have the same name as your company?
- When does a brand violate someone’s intellectual property rights?
- Which structure is right for your business?
- Why it’s important to correctly classify an employee
- Your company has ongoing training obligations as an employer
- Your company’s right to inspect delivered goods before accepting them