
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Law (in Plain English) for Restaurants
About this book
Learn the ins-and-outs of the lawāfor restaurant owners, catering services, pubs, bars, and more! The Law (In Plain English)Ā® for Restaurants is a comprehensive guide to working in the food and beverage industry. It looks at the business of running a restaurant, catering service, brewpub, wine tasting room, or bar, and clarifies the laws affecting those types of business. This title is a down-to-earth guide to the critical legal information that owners and managers of food and beverage businessesāand those who dream of owning or managing such a businessāneed to know. This book is as useful for those whose new business is still in the planning stages as it is for established food and beverage businesses. Topics include how to protect your trade secretsāincluding your recipes, tax rules for tips, the pros and cons of different types of business entities, borrowing money, going public, franchises, multilevel marketing opportunities, trademarks, leases, copyrights, patents, hiring and firing, writing a business plan, advertising, use of social media, insurance, collections, product liability and liability for the actions of customers who have had too much to drink, retirement plans, warranties and estate planning, ways to reduce income tax legally, as well as how to find the right lawyer and accountant for your business. While this book is not intended to replace the reader's lawyer, it offers a clear, concise, and "plain English" overview of many of the legal issues relevant to those in the food and beverage industry.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Organizing Your Business
- Chapter 2: Business Organization Checklists
- Chapter 3: Developing Your Business Plan
- Chapter 4: Borrowing from Commercial Lenders
- Chapter 5: Going Public
- Chapter 6: Contracts
- Chapter 7: Collections
- Chapter 8: Franchises and MLM Companies
- Chapter 9: Patents and Trade Secrets
- Chapter 10: Trademarks
- Chapter 11: Copyrights
- Chapter 12: Advertising
- Chapter 13: Intellectual Property Licenses
- Chapter 14: The Internet
- Chapter 15: Warranties
- Chapter 16: Product Liability
- Chapter 17: Business Insurance
- Chapter 18: People Who Work for You
- Chapter 19: Keeping Taxes Low
- Chapter 20: Renting Commercial Space
- Chapter 21: Retirement Plans
- Chapter 22: Estate Planning
- Chapter 23: Finding a Lawyer and an Accountant
- Appendix: Industry Associations
- About the Authors
- Index