Free 2009 Community Business Law Forum

In this uncertain economy, it is more important than ever to know how to deal with the legal issues that surround you. Your clients or customers may be threatening or filing bankruptcy, you may be contemplating a new advertising campaign, or you may be contemplating a lay off. What do you need to know? Let us help.

Free registration online at: http://www.daybar.org/html/events/community_business_forum_registration.html

Itinerary below.  Have general questions you would like answered?  Leave comments on my blog here.

The brochure is available on the Dayton Bar Association’s site at: http://www.daybar.org/pdfs/DBA_BLD_Community_Business_Law_Forum.pdf

8:00-8:30 – Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 – Bankruptcy: Ira Thomsen, Esq.
• How can I collect my accounts receivables when my clients are going bankrupt?
• What does bankruptcy mean for my business?
• How will the bankruptcies around me change how I do business?
9:00-9:30 –Internet and Intellectual Property, Katherine L. Early, Esq.
• What are the hidden dangers of advertising on the internet that I should know so I do it right and effectively?
• What types of intellectual property does my business have?
• What do my employees need to know about intellectual property so my business doesn’t lose money?
• How can I protect what intellectual property I have, but do it economically?
9:30-9:45 -Break
9:45 -10:15 –Human Resources/Labor and Employment: C. Mark Kingseed, Esq. and David Pierce, Esq.
• How will the economy affect the types of employment claims I will see?
• Why is management of workers compensation cases so important?
• What types of federal and state laws are seeing increased use and how are they changing under the new administration?
• What can I do now to protect myself and my business?
10:15-10:45 –Insurance: John Ferneding, C.I.C.
• What types of insurance are out there? (You might be surprised!)
• How do I make a claim, and what is the process?
• What do reservations of rights letters mean?
• How are insurance products affected by this market?
10:45-11:15 –Corporate Forms: Richard Boucher, Esq.
• Are you protected by the right form?
• What do you have to do to stay in compliance?
• What are the tax implications of each form?
• What are potential issues that arise with each form?
11:15-12:00 – Q&A