Business Law Blog
"A one-stop resource for Oregon entrepreneurs and growing companies looking for answers to their corporate and IP legal questions. The blawg provides useful (and understandable) legal information for these companies, and tries to be easy to read and frequently updated."
Author: Andrew Harris and Amir Tadjedin manage the Portland, Ore., office of Markun Zusman & Compton.
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Recent Posts from Business Law Blog
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Federal Securities Laws Basics
So let’s say you’ve just started a small company and want to offer shares, whether to yourself, investors, employees, or others. What sort of requirements will you have to comply with? There are many, whether…
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Simplifying the Home Office Deduction
One of a number of bills that would potentially benefit small businesses is now floating around Congress in the form of HR 1509, which, if enacted, would allow self-employed home-based business owners to take a…
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83(b) Elections: A Primer
The 83(b) election is one of those small tasks that startups (especially closely held companies) need to think about, but which is often also easily forgotten or ignored. The failure to take advantage of the…
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SBA Now Using YouTube
From the Buffalo Business First Journal comes this recent news about the Small Business Administration using YouTube to post informational videos helpful to small businesses and entrepreneurs. The SBA’s own channel, which can be found…
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Another Source for Business Loans: Kiva.org
For small business owners out there looking for a business loan, the web site kiva.org brings good news. Taken from a story I originally heard last week on Marketplace—by they way, it’s a great show,…
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Interest Free Money From the SBA
Not for the startups out there, but for the established, viable small businesses, comes news from the Small Business Administration of a new loan program–the “America’s Capital Recovery Loan Program”–essentially a program guaranteeing, through third…
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Business.gov: Big Government Helps Small Business
One of the reasons I write this blog is to help small businesses, as well as myself, stay up to date about helpful free resources on-line. Like any group of sites, there are the good…
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US Copyright Office Raises Fees
The US Copyright Office just published notice of its intent to raise registration fees, beginning August 1, 2009, pending approval by Congress. It’s not exactly earth-shattering news, but something to be aware of for businesses…
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Update: Guide to Recovery & Reinvestment Act
About a month and a half ago, immediately after President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, I posted this blog entry, entitled “How the Stimulus Plan Benefits Small Business.” Most of…
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Employees v. Independent Contractors
New companies often want to classify any new workers as independent contractors instead of employees, in order to limit the company’s costs. Costs attributable to hiring and retaining employees can be quite substantial and include…