Recently many businesses have been concerned with how to deal with CoVID-19. Concerns range from how to navigate complying with mandatory quarantines and other state and federal regulations, as well as how to deal with CoVid-19’s impact on standing contracts. While industries are impacted differently, some businesses are concerned about whether they will be required to fulfill their contracts or if there are special clauses that may allow their business out of a contract. Force majeure clauses are a common contract clause that allow parties to a contract to suspend or terminate the performance of the contract in extreme......
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March 23, 2020
CCPA Considerations when Buying or Selling a Business
When local businesses are bought and sold, sellers and buyers often do not consider data compliance to be a major concern. At most the business has a small website and...
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March 18, 2020
Washington Privacy Act – Not Quite Yet
Over the past several weeks, there has been debate about whether Washington state lawmakers would pass legislation known as the Washington Privacy Act (“WPA”). The WPA mimicked concepts of the...
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March 11, 2020
Coronavirus and the Law: Is there a Legal Duty to Prevent Harm during a Pandemic?
It’s no doubt that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has introduced a high level of panic for local businesses, especially with many big companies facing large-scale work force consequences due to...
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March 4, 2020
Newman’s Own Law
Fun Fact: Did you know that one of the largest food product distributors in the world is also owned by a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization? The Newman’s Own Foundation (a...
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February 28, 2020
Applying for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status Goes Entirely Online
Through 2019, the IRS revealed that it was working to bring as much tax-exempt organization submissions to the IRS online to use electronic data to protect against fraud and other...
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January 27, 2020
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT: WHAT IS IT AND DOES IT APPLY TO ME?
Over the last several weeks, you may have noticed that your email account has been inundated with notices that websites are updating their privacy policies. This is most likely because...
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December 3, 2019
Episode 37: How to be a Market Shark and Other Business Tips ft. Chris Flett
Join us for an an incredible story by the talented Chris Flett as he discusses how we built a million dollar company by the age of seventeen! In this podcast...
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April 8, 2019
State Sponsored Advantages for Doing Good: Spokane Joins the Short List with Tax Breaks for Social Purpose Corporations
Are for-profit companies incentivized to do good? Specifically, does the law incentivize the creation of Social Purpose Corporations? We’ve talked a lot about Social Enterprises on this blog. I encourage...
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March 6, 2019
Take Board Meetings Seriously! Practical Learnings from the Dissolution of the Donald J. Trump Foundation
The Donald J. Trump Foundation, which was been mired in a 2016 lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General, will be dissolved pursuant to an agreement dated December 18,...