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Daliah Saper to speak at SCORECHICAGO.ORG Workshop on February 10: Legal Guidance for Business
By Saper Law | February 3, 2010
On February 10, Daliah Saper will be co-presenting at a workshop for small business owners at SCORE’s Chicago office. Details below:
LEGAL GUIDANCE FOR YOUR BUSINESS:
Tips for Starting and Running Your Small Business
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This workshop addresses the legal challenges that a small business person confronts when starting and expanding a business. Brian Fons will cover business entity selection, formation, and maintenance, while Daliah Saper will explain the difference between trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and patents. Workshop attendees will also learn about the legal implications of social media, ie online defamation, intellectual property infringement, and social media policies.
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 Choosing a Legal Entity for Your Business
 · Sole Proprietorship
 · Corporation - Separate legal entity
   o S-Corporation
   o C-Corporation
 · Limited Liability Company (LLC)
 · Wage Reduction example
   o Sole Proprietors pay 15.3% of all income to Feds for withholding
 · Piercing the Corporate Veil
   o Rare situation
   o Tips on avoiding “piercing” the veil.
 · Leases and contracts
 · Naming your business
 · Other insights
Trademarks and Copyrights
 · What are the steps to getting a trademark registration?
 · What is a Copyright? What Kinds of Works are protected?
 · When Can I get away with NOT asking for Permission?
 · What is a “Work Made for Hire”
Social Media
 · Employee Policies
 · What can you do when you don’t like what is written about you.
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Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 8:45 am - 12:30 pm (Registration begins at 8:30 am)Â
Location: SCORE Chicago Main Office, Citicorp Center, Suite 1150, 500 W. Madison (at Canal) in downtown Chicago
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Price: $60 prepaid online now  $70 at door. SAVE $10 by pre-registering on-line!
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Speakers
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Brian Fons is President and Regional Counsel of Corporate Creations Chicago L.L.C., a Corporate Creations regional office opened in 1997 in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago. Prior to starting a Corporate Creations regional office, he worked as a Vice President of Corporate Creations International Inc. in Miami, Florida. He obtained his J.D. degree in 1996 from the University of Miami Law School, and he obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin.
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Daliah Saper is a member of the Illinois Bar and both the General Bar and Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has handled high profile cases and has been featured in several publications including: National Jurist Magazine, Chicago Lawyer Magazine, Chicago Reader, P2Pnet.net, StyleExpose.com, and SBTV.com. She has repeatedly received the honor of being named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine and was recently nominated for the prestigious ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. In addition to conducting Seminars at Saper Law on a monthly basis, Daliah is a frequent lecturer, panelist, and instructor for organizations around the city and the country. (For Daliah’s latest speaking engagements, please visit www.saperlaw.com.) She is on the faculty of PLI, Practicing Law Institute, is an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and has been selected by Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to be a member of Harvard’s new Online Media Legal Network (OMLN).
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