A surprising amount of information about individuals are public records. For example, in Washington State, the Public Records Act makes most state and local agency records public. That is to… Read More
Domino's pizza has filed a “Petition for a Writ of Certiorari” in the case of Guillermo Robles v. Domino’s Pizza LLC. Domino's is asking the Supreme Court to address the… Read More
Walking the Walk, Leaving Facebook I'm leaving Facebook because they appear incapable of complying with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act Section 5. Lots of people advise me that I'd… Read More
Classifying people working for a company as an employee versus a contractor is important. As recent article in Forbes points out: “Our current classification system is untenable in part because… Read More
Note: Although some information in this post is still valid, this area of the law is changing. For example, see "Am I an Employee (Revisited)" for an update. Many startups… Read More
Startups creating a product or a service ask, "Do we need a privacy policy?" The answer relies on understanding the answer to a different question, "What is privacy?" Do you know… Read More
The Harvard Business Review recently posted an article by Daniel Doktori and Sarah Reed on why more startups should include a lawyer among their first hires. According to the authors… Read More
With the housing rental market so tight in many cities, the last thing a tenant wants is to get evicted. So what happens if your landlord says that you didn’t pay… Read More
