• posted: Sep. 17, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business,  Business Law,  Consumer Credit
• defamation,  hotels in Hudson NY,  Johathan Swift,  new legistlation

          By: Andrew K Jacobson California Governor Jerry Brown has signed new legislation that voids language in contracts that prevents a consumer from commenting on the performance of a product or service. New Cal. Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Employment,  Business,  Political,  Business Law,  JOBS Act
• Cal. Labor Code 2802,  California Labor Code 2802,  cel phone,  cell phones at work,  company paid phone,  employee phones at work,  mobile phone,  reimbursement employee expenses,  Schwans Home Service

by: Andrew K Jacobson Employers have long known that they have to reimburse employees for out-of-pocket expenses like mileage or meals with clients. Now employers can add cell phone costs, when Read More

• posted: Aug. 04, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Employment,  High Technology Law,  Political,  Business Law
• Boalt Law School,  law school,  New York Times,  prospective lawyers,  ramen noodles,  reading,  reading the law,  SELC,  Stanford Law School,  The Paper Chase

by: Andrew K Jacobson [gallery columns="4" ids="1689"]   The New York Timesrecently featured an article  on Oakland’s own Sustainable Economies Law Center, which helps prospective lawyers apprentice with a lawyer for a Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Political,  Business Law,  Consumer Credit
• LLC,  CACH,  CACH LLC,  Cal. Civ. Proc. Code sec. 1030,  credit card,  credit card debt,  Fight,  great recession,  Hyenas,  Midland Funding,  Portfolio Recovery

by: Andrew K Jacobson Biologists assure us that scavengers are an important part of the ecosystem, because they consume the carrion so that the material can enter the food chain again. In Read More

• posted: Jun. 13, 2014
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• Articles,  Employment,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Uncategorized,  Political,  Business Law,  JOBS Act,  Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
• employee comission,  employment law,  handbook,  technology,  working from home

By Daniel Richardson   Is your employee handbook up to date? An up to date employee handbook is important because it outlines for the employee the employer’s policies and procedures as well Read More

• posted: Jun. 13, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Employment,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Uncategorized,  Political,  Business Law,  JOBS Act,  Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
• employee,  employee comission,  employment law,  handbook,  technology,  working from home

By Daniel Richardson   Is your employee handbook up to date? An up to date employee handbook is important because it outlines for the employee the employer’s policies and procedures as well Read More

• posted: Jun. 06, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Political,  Business Law,  Trade Secrets
• espionage,  FBI,  Game of Pawns,  Genn Shriver

The FBI has asked us all to be on the lookout for foreign intelligence agents -- in the form of American students who interned overseas. [caption id="attachment_1612" align="alignright" width="202"] Easily sacrificed?[/caption] The Read More

• posted: Apr. 09, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Business Counseling,  Business,  Business Law
• business entity,  c-corp,  LLP,  s-corp,  Small Business,  sole proprietorship,  start-ups

By Daniel Richardson One of the most common questions I am asked by owners of small businesses and start-ups is whether they should form a business entity, such as a corporation Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Business Counseling,  Employment,  Business,  Business Law
• carbolic acid,  liability for employers,  Montague,  phenol

By Andrew Jacobson The first question plaintiff lawyers ask when a new lawsuit comes their way is “where are the deep pockets?” Suing the villain is fine, but winning only gets Read More

• posted: Mar. 28, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Political,  Business Law
• court notice,  malware

by Andrew Jacobson If you receive a "court notice" via email, don't open it -- it is a scam designed to add to your computer malware designed to get you to Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Business Law,  Crowdfunding,  JOBS Act,  Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
• Crowdfunding,  Debt Financing,  Indiegogo,  JOBS Act,  Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act,  Kickstarter,  RocketHub,  Securities Act,  Securities Exchange Act,  Title III

By Daniel Richardson On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) became law. The JOBS Act seeks to “increase job creation and economic growth by improving access Read More