The Law (in Plain English) for Restaurants: A Guide for the Food and Beverage Industry

by Leonard D. DuBoff, Christy A. King

Overview

Learn the ins-and-outs of the law—for restaurant owners, catering services, pubs, bars, and more!

The Law (In Plain English)® 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 businesses—and those who dream of owning or managing such a business—need 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 secrets—including 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621537748
Publisher:	Allworth
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	In Plain English
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Leonard D. DuBoff spent almost a quarter of a century as a full-time law professor before founding his own law firm in 1994 that specializes in business, employment, and intellectual property law. DuBoff is a prolific author and also presents continuing legal education programs for attorneys and seminars for nonlawyers.

Christy A. King has practiced law with the DuBoff Law Group since 1994 and specializes in business, employment, contract, and intellectual property law. She has co-authored a number of books, as well as articles published in law journals and popular magazines.
 

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Organizing Your Business 1

Chapter 2 Business Organization Checklists 15

Chapter 3 Developing Your Business Plan 23

Chapter 4 Borrowing from Commercial Lenders 29

Chapter 5 Going Public 47

Chapter 6 Contracts 53

Chapter 7 Collections 65

Chapter 8 Franchises and MLM Companies 75

Chapter 9 Patents and Trade Secrets 83

Chapter 10 Trademarks 89

Chapter 11 Copyrights 99

Chapter 12 Advertising 109

Chapter 13 Intellectual Property Licenses 117

Chapter 14 The Internet 123

Chapter 15 Warranties 131

Chapter 16 Product Liability 139

Chapter 17 Business Insurance 145

Chapter 18 People Who Work for You 153

Chapter 19 Keeping Taxes Low 171

Chapter 20 Renting Commercial Space 185

Chapter 21 Retirement Plans 193

Chapter 22 Estate Planning 201

Chapter 23 Finding a Lawyer and an Accountant 213

Appendix: Industry Associations 217

About the Authors 219

Index 221