• 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. 05, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business,  Political

Don't get scammed -- there is a scam email pretending to be from your friendly federal district court. It states that you have been selected for jury duty in federal Read More

• posted: Aug. 05, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business,  Political

Don't get scammed -- there is a scam email pretending to be from your friendly federal district court. It states that you have been selected for jury duty in federal Read More

• posted: Jul. 30, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Business,  Trademarks
• Trademarks,  Article III judges,  b&b hardware,  circuit courts of appeal,  hargis industries,  Sealtight,  Sealtite,  sleekcraft test,  TTAB

  by: Andrew K Jacobson If an executive agency, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decides an issue, are courts bound to follow that decision? The circuit courts of appeal have multiple 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
• Martindale Admin
• 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. 31, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business

Entrepreneurs in California sometimes want to organize their companies in other states, like Delaware or Nevada. They learn that companies can pay less in franchise fees in Nevada, or that Read More

• posted: Jan. 08, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  High Technology Law,  Business
• Attorneys' Fees,  Labor Code 226,  Penalties,  Wage Statements

Both employers and employees need to review their wage statements for the new year, because California has amended Labor Code 226 to identify nine types of information that has to be Read More

• posted: Sep. 20, 2012
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business

Lawyers love Latin -- it makes the sordid sound sophisticated. After reading the below, ask yourself cui bono? Who benefits? Judge William Pauley recently knocked down an attorneys' fee request: ""Astonishingly, Kramer Levin Read More

• posted: Jul. 22, 2012
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business
• financial information,  P2P

Just in case the business owner didn’t have anything to worry about, here is a new headache to avoid. EPN Inc., also known as Checknet, Inc. is a collection agency Read More

• posted: Jun. 15, 2012
• Martindale Admin
• Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Business
• employees,  Labor Code,  tip pools,  tips

California has a long tradition of being employee-friendly: covenants not to compete by employees are unenforceable, and the minimum wage is usually higher in California than that nationally. The same is Read More