Archive for May, 2009

Seminar on starting your own business

Written by Mike Pisauro on May 29th, 2009 in Basics | No Comments »

On June 16, 2009 at 7p.m. I will be holding a seminar dealing with how to start and run your own business.  The seminar is being co-sponsored by the Pennington Business and Professional Association.  It will be held at the Pennington Borough Hall.  We will be discussing the choice of entity type (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company), contracts, leases, and other common legal issues of small businesses.  In addition to the legal issues, Rebecca Machinga a partner with WithumSmith & Brown will be discussing common accounting issues involved with selecting your business structure and running your business.

If you plan on attending, I would apprecitate it if you sign up at the Pennington Business & Professional Association’s website.  Registration is free.  If you have any questions regarding the seminar you can contract me at mlp (at) fplegal.com.

Employees, Employers and one legal aspect of Twitter

Written by Mike Pisauro on May 29th, 2009 in Employee/Employer | No Comments »

Last weekend I was invited by Glenn Gabe, SEO guru and author of The Internet Marketing Driver to add a lawyer’s perspective of Twitter.  The question was who “owns” a twitter account an employee or the employer.  Glenn proposed five different scenarios of employees and I provided my legal analysis as to who owns the account.  The full content of the article is on Search Engine Journal here.

Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, blogs, etc. have or on the verge of remaking many aspects of employer/employee relations and pose so interesting challenges to businesses.  I will take a look in future posts on some additional legal ramifications of Twitter, blogs and other social media forums.