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      <title>Dept of Labor Audit</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/dept-labor-audit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I am being audited by the Dept of Labor for overtime practices...what should I do to prepare? ]]></description>
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      <title>Intellectual Property</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/intellectual-property-1</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How do I find out if an idea for a trademark or logo is available for registration? Then how do I go about protecting my intellectual property?]]></description>
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      <title>Is there any protection against untrue law suit claims?</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/there-protection-against</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I met a company during 2007 COSE Small Business conference. As a COSE member gave this company my business. The company did billed me a second time for already paid services as well as not provided services. My attorney sent them a letter indicating their]]></description>
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      <title>Protecting my Software</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/protecting-software</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What are cost effective ways to protect my small business from software and copyright audits? ]]></description>
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      <title>Checklist on Reporting</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/checklist</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Is there a checklist for when various laws/reporting requirements apply (FMLA, ERISA, COBRA)? (Less than 10 employees, less than 25 employees, company structure: S Corp, LLC, Inc., etc.)]]></description>
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      <title>How many DBA's can you have under one corporate name?</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/many</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm looking to aquire another business similar to my existing business but would like to keep the aquired business name the same. I have already done this with one business and was wondering how many DBA's one corporate entity can have? Thanks in advance]]></description>
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      <title>Stolen 3rd party proprietary information</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/stolen</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Assume that I have a customers credit card & teh complete information in my data base by permission, to use to make purchases on their behalf. Let's say that the system was hacked into and that information was stolen. Other than contacting the customer &]]></description>
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      <title>Copyright of services or works</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/copyright</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hello, I am a local designer and I have read many resources that talk about copyright of materials I develop. But very few clients seem to be aware of the laws and policies - and very few competitors bring it up. I would like to start defining these]]></description>
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      <title>Facility Regulatory Issues</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/facility-regula</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Which "Authorities With Jurisdiction" have codes and standards that need to be followed when managing a business facility? Currently, I believe they would include OHSA, County Building Department, Local Fire Department. Are there others? ]]></description>
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      <title>HR Guidelines</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/discussion/legal/guidelines</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What would be some guidelines for implementing drug testing policies in the workplace?]]></description>
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