North Bay Business Journal

  • Independent contractors may face more scrutiny

    August 1st, 2011

    NORTH BAY — The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking to significantly bolster its regulatory reach to investigate companies employing “independent contractors” and whether they are classified correctly — an already-tricky area for many employers that can have serious consequences, according to legal experts.

  • Medical pot law quagmire for business

    May 16th, 2011

    NORTH BAY – Regardless of how an employer personally feels about the use of medical marijuana, they should do their best to steer clear of the sticky legal scenarios that can crop up with employees, say employment law experts in the North Bay.

  • Law firm launches trademark site

    April 18th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — A website designed to streamline much of the beginning process of registering or researching trademarks was recently launched by a Santa Rosa law firm.

  • Tax-exempt bonds alternative way to finance

    March 28th, 2011

    NORTH BAY — Tax exempt bonds and loans are increasing as an alternative way for industrial, manufacturing and nonprofit construction projects to get financing.

  • Spotlight: Law firm managing partners

    March 7th, 2011

    Listed alphabetically by firm name

  • Air district guidelines cloud issue

    August 2nd, 2010

    NORTH BAY — New guidelines by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on greenhouse gas emissions relating to construction projects have the potential to set forth clearer standards, but concerns have been raised that some provisions could increase the time and cost for the already-complex process of environmental impact reviews.

  • Carle Mackie, seeing growth, adds associate

    May 24th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA – Stephanie Hemmi joined Santa Rosa-based law firm Carle Mackie Power & Ross as a senior associate.

  • Spotlight: Litigation Attorneys and Mediators

    March 29th, 2010

    (Listed alphabetically by firm name)

  • Marketing minefield for wineries

    January 18th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — The industry has been looking to consumer product promotional know-how from outside the business for fresh ideas, particularly as producers of higher-end wine look to move slow-selling inventory in an economy with high unemployment and trimmed expense accounts.

  • Risks lurk in social networking

    November 30th, 2009

    NORTH BAY — In addition to lost productivity, employers can add legal risk to the list of annoyances related to employee use of social networking at work, according to North Bay legal experts who sounded off on trends for 2010.

  • Accounting: 2009 offers special incentives for going solar

    July 20th, 2009

    The financial incentives for going solar are numerous, but not all of them may be around much longer.

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