Bob Beauprez once said, “In America, small business is a big deal.” Indeed, it is hard to overestimate the role small businesses play in the American economy: When you look at the magnitude of their economic impact, it would be easy to assume that small businesses know exactly what they’re doing and would be the […]
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2018 was the year of GDPR: the General Data Protection Regulation, a comprehensive update to privacy laws enacted by the European Union. The legislation, adopted by the European Parliament in 2016, formally came into force on the 25th May 2018, and the months leading up to GDPR’s enforcement saw businesses and marketers across the world
Just as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a highly-anticipated and far-reaching update to European privacy law, came into effect on May 25, 2018, another major change to consumer privacy was being enacted in the United States: the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This briefing will cover: What is the California Consumer Privacy Act, and
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Too often, entrepreneurs take a reactive approach to reviewing the legal aspects of their business. But that can lead to avoidable liability risks, missed opportunities, and a less-than-ideal tax scenario. When business owners adopt a “don’t fix it unless it’s broken” mindset, they may not recognize ways they can improve their business. On the other
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One of the major themes of Facebook’s F8 developer conference and this week’s Google I/O is privacy. Location is a sensitive and central part of the broader privacy discussion. Survey data have repeatedly shown that users care about who gets access to their location data and want more control over it. Android has historically given
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect next year and is likely to become the de facto national privacy standard for online publishers and marketers. Ahead of this deadline, however, competing groups are lobbying for changes in its terms. AB 1760 looks more like GDPR. A recently proposed amendment in the
Facebook advertisers promoting housing, employment or credit offers will no longer be able to target ads by age, gender or ZIP code. The new ad policy applies to advertisers targeting U.S. users on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The company said Tuesday that it will also launch a tool for users to search and view all
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By Tony Crighton Owning a business comes with many rewards, but it also carries its fair share of troubles and issues. Of all the issues that a business owner may face, perhaps none are more problematic than issues of a legal nature. This is perhaps because legal issues have the ability to easily kill a
By Kevin Wagner and Theodore Budd Most businesses go about their day-to-day routine without too much focus on intellectual property issues. But then one day an accusation of patent infringement arrives. This accusation could be in the form of a formal complaint filed in Federal District Court, an aggressive cease and desist letter, or a
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Some LLCs and corporations (if they meet the IRS’s eligibility requirements) may choose to be taxed as an S Corporation. But what does that mean exactly? With 2019 just beginning, now is a perfect time to consider whether an S Corp election might benefit your business. Moreover, the deadline for choosing tax treatment as an
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