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Labor/Employment

Feb. 10, 2010

Common Legal Issues Facing Small Businesses

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo lists six legal concerns that small and start-up businesses are at risk of overlooking or consciously ignoring.

By Lonny Zilberman

Last week, the unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped below 10 percent. Everyday we read that the economy is slowly recovering and that the primary engine for growth will come from small business. If that is true, then Ben Franklin's famous quote, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" are words that all small employers should live by. Arguably, California has the most comprehensive, draconian and complex employment laws in the nation. Unfortu...

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