Forbes.com:
Legal fees are a cost of doing business. While the Web has made it easy to do some of the very mundane work on your own (say, filing for incorporation or ginning up a bare-bones operating contract), do-it-yourself lawyering has huge limitations.
The trick is finding and hiring the best, most trustworthy professional help for the […]

Wall Street Journal:
Thomas Edison once said, “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” He might have added a third ingredient: a patent. Without one, inventors can’t sell, license or protect their creations. Edison understood that very well: He held 1,093 patents, still a record for an American.
For many small businesses, […]

HomeBizTools:
Register Your Business Name - Your business name must be registered if it is something other than your full legal name. This is a way of informing the public that you will be doing business as (DBA) an assumed, or ‘fictitious’ name.
Some states require a notice be published in the local newspaper. The details of […]

SmallBusiness.co.uk:
A solicitor can come in useful for many aspects of your business. But there are a range of different types of law and solicitors who specialise in certain areas, so finding the right one to meet your particular needs is important. And it needn’t cost the earth.
When to use one
If you are in doubt over […]

Branding Strategy Insider:
While organizations don’t often pursue this protection, logos are typically protectable by copyright law. Make sure your organization, and not an outside person or agency, owns the copyright to your brand’s logo.
Advertising/marketing agencies will often include an assignment of rights, titles and interests (including copyright interests) to their clients in their letters of […]

Washington Times:
Government’s protection of property is critical to economic growth. That includes protecting intellectual property - or IP - such as inventions and innovations through patents.
This should be obvious, particularly in today’s high-tech economy. But history also provides a reminder that protecting IP has been an economic imperative for some time.
For example, Nobel Prize winning […]

New York Times:
The nation’s current patent system is a drain on entrepreneurship and small-business growth, a new study claims.
Amid the increasing complexity of patent legislation, most patents today fail to meet set standards, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, a Washington-based small-business advocacy group.
Raymond Keating, the group’s chief economist, said the patent system […]

Finance Daily:
Rosie Beasley runs through the essentials every small businness should look at when choosing business insurance. Plus, compare hundreds of insurance quotes online now.
General consensus in the business community suggests that the majority of the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) don’t have adequate insurance cover for professional risks and that probably other […]

By Chrissy & Company - Associated Content:
When shopping for auto insurance or homeowner’s insurance, you may have found there is a change in the way business is done. In many insurance companies, the use of credit history has become commonplace. However, with the slowing economy, increasing consumer debt and overwhelming number of individuals falling victim […]

Entrepreneur:
… To keep you up-to-date on laws that could change how you do business, here’s a look at some of the new rules and regulations being implemented this year.
Hiring illegal immigrants may actually become illegal. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano signed the Fair and Legal Employment Act, which suspends and revokes the business licenses of […]

IBLS Internet Law:
E-commerce patents are the latest protection for innovative business methods delivered online. Many claim e-commerce models are not patentable because the subject matter they assert is not within the statutory definitions and because the United States Patent office, and most patent offices around the world, are not outfitted for this analysis. Yet, […]

Suburban Journals:
Starting a business is not a process to be taken lightly, but neither does the experience have to be daunting.
Alan Hauff, small business specialist with the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said those who want to be their own bosses should follow 5 basic steps to get a small business off the ground.
First an entrepreneur […]

Business Opportunities:
Small-business owners will have a chance next week to hear from a tax expert on the importance of year-end tax preparation and planning, along with tips on tax savings.
Thomas Ochsenschlager, vice president of Taxation for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, will host this month’s Small Business Administration web chat on Thursday, Dec. […]

Signal:
You wouldn’t open your office for business and then go home without locking up, right? That’s essentially what you’re doing if you don’t secure your business ideas by taking the steps to protect your trademarks, trade secrets and product design and packaging.
Entrepreneurs should start thinking about protecting their intellectual property earlier than most. Small businesses […]

NBC4:
According to a Zogby International poll, more than a third of U.S. workers said they have been the victims of workplace bullying.
Zogby surveyed 7,740 people with an online survey for the Workplace Bullying Institute.
The Bullying Institute defines workplace bullying as ‘repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more’ people by at least one other person. It […]

Carolina News Wire:
Michael Boch, President of The Business Clinic Group, LLC, has announced the creation of 4 business diagnostics covering the following critical areas: corporate law services, investment and financial planning, strategic management consulting, and mergers and acquisitions. The free business diagnostics can be accessed online by visiting www.thebusinessclinic.com.
‘Any executive, manager, entrepreneur, or founder […]

What Happens When an Unemployed Mom Turns 65?

By Suze Orman – The Oprah Magazine:
You need to save for retirement even if you’re not generating income. One of the best ways is by opening a spousal Individual Retirement Account (IRA), an investment specifically tailored to nonworking spouses.
Typically, the IRS requires you to have earned income […]

Veja como funciona o dispositivo da lei que permite às empresas descontarem do IR os gastos natalinos com funcionários.

EmpresasGlobo:
As empresas que acertam as contas com a Receita pelo regime do lucro real podem deduzir gastos com festa de final de ano e cesta de natal do imposto de renda. O advogado contabilista e consultor da […]

Canal Executivo:
Venceu nesta quarta-feira (31/10) o prazo definido pela Receita Federal para que as empresas em débito com o órgão regularizem sua situação financeira, condição imposta para adesão ao Simples Nacional, mais conhecido como Supersimples.
De acordo com orientações do escritório de contabilidade Candinho Assessoria Contábil, com o final do prazo, as micro e pequenas empresas […]

Up And Running:
It’s not that patents are bad, just that you can’t trust them to protect your business from competition. In Should I Start This Business on the bplans blog, Sabrina Parsons reflects on a recommendation to explore patents in a startup:
This is solid advice. I just want to add a caveat. Patents will not […]