What’s in a dba?

A trade name, assumed name, fictitious business name or dba (doing business as) is required when an individual is doing business for profit under a fictitious name.  In the County of San Diego, if required, a fictitious business name statement must be filed within 40 days of first transacting business with the County Recorder.  The statement may be filed in person or by mail and the fee is $25 for the first business name and owner and $5 for each additional business name or additional owner.           

Do you need to file a fictitious business name statement?  A fictitious business name is, as defined by the San Diego County Recorder’s website, a business name that does not include the surname of the individual owner and each of the partners or the nature of the business is not clearly evident by name.  If a corporation uses any name other than the exact corporate name that is filed in the articles of incorporation, then it is considered a fictitious business name.   

If you are forming or already running a business, make sure you remember to evaluate the need for a fictitious business name statement.  You should also make yourself aware of any published notice requirement and expiration of fictitious business names.  

-Jamie T. Pruitt

Jamie Pruitt Law 

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Thursday Night Thing

On Thursday night, I attended the TNT event at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  The event, also known as Thursday Night Thing, is held the first Thursday of every month beginning at 7:00 pm.  There are different programs every month in an effort to allow participants an opportunity to interact with the arts and artists.  There is typically live music, interactive group art projects, a cash bar and an eclectic group of art lovers.   

TNT is a unique opportunity to spend an evening browsing through the Museum of Contemporary Art and viewing the current exhibitions.  The event is open to the public and there is a suggested $3 donation. 

The next TNT event will be held on Thursday, October 4.  The program is titled, “Select Mode: Music and Technology Fashion Show.”  The MCASD website invites you to: “Grab a front-row seat to view original designs inspired by music and technology. Ten select designers from Tijuana and San Diego — including Acamonchi, Grammatique, Sarah Lambert, Jorge Sanchez, and Jorge Tellaeche — will showcase their work to the sounds of BigStereo’s Rchrd Oh?!. The night continues with a performance by electronic sound art duo Beatrix*JAR.”

The arts are alive and continually growing in San Diego.  Museums and art shows cannot succeed without your support and participation.  I encourage you to spend time exploring your creative side and further exposing yourself to San Diego museums.  

 -Jamie T. Pruitt

Jamie Pruitt Law 

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Speaking of blogs . . .

Widespread Blogging 

The use of blogs has dramatically increased over the past few years and business owners should pay attention to this world of Internet exposure.  Blogs can be maintained as highly effective communication and marketing tools.  However, blogs can also expose businesses to liability for postings, retaliation from employees and clients, and potential release of confidential business information.  Business owners should familiarize themselves with online communities and create policies and procedures that specifically address blogs and related Internet postings. 

What could happen?      

Would you want every day-to-day activity of your business posted online for the world to read?  With the vast amount of blog communities, business owners should understand that it is difficult to regulate information that may be released to the public by means of a blog. 

Check out Xoogler; an ex-Google employee’s blog that has received a decent amount of media attention.  You may note, in Blogger Doug Edwards’ Here’s your desk. Now start doing marketing stuff, he identifies other Google employees by their full names and discusses specific details about his days at Google.  In another post, Edwards explains his postings are, “just an impressionistic look at Google from the perspective of a guy who worked there, with a bias toward how the brand was built.”  As a former insider, how much will he reveal about the brand and how it was built?

There are many free blog hosting sites and software is readily available to ease bloggers in maintaining their posts.  Blogs have a potentially indefinite lifespan and you may not be entitled to information regarding who may view the blog and how many times.  Internet intelligence is rapidly increasing and blogs may receive exposure from various places.  How many of you did I just direct to the Xoogler blog?  Are there already blogs, comments, or online reviews regarding your business?  Do you know?

Learn more about blogs.

As a business owner, you should research blogs and keep them in mind when creating a standard for your business.  Ignorance of online communities may be damaging to your business and it’s reputation.  Explore blogs and other online resources to stay informed of the ever-evolving business world and to produce relevant blogging policies and procedures. 

-Jamie T. Pruitt
Jamie Pruitt Law

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Welcome to my blog!

Many different issues and interesting situations arise for business owners and artists throughout their careers. This blog is intended to provide a forum to post ideas, comments, interesting articles and web pages that address various issues business owners and artists may face. No confidential information will be revealed and most of the posts will relate to preventative law ideas and modern legal procedures and ideas.

Litigation is a stressful, complicated and expensive process. I desire to help readers of this blog expand their knowledge of legal issues so they may look to the future and protect themselves from unnecessary litigation. I will label posts according to topic and relevance. The topics will cover a wide range of business formation, business planning and art law issues.

Knowledge is power. Please keep yourself informed of issues that relate to your business. You will always have more to learn and different ideas to research. If you find any topic particularly appealing or relevant to your business, please expand your knowledge by continuing your research. Continue to explore the Internet for a wider variety of resources and do not rely on this blog as your sole source of information regarding the issues or ideas discussed.

I look forward to maintaining this blog and being a part of your online community. Thanks for reading.  

Very Truly Yours,

Jamie T. Pruitt
Jamie Pruitt Law
 

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This blog is intended to assist clients, colleagues and friends in their overall familiarity of the areas of practice and the services offered by Jamie Pruitt Law. This blog is for advertising purposes only and nothing contained herein should be considered legal advice. Each person or business has different circumstances and must be counseled individually. Reading information contained in this blog does not create a legal relationship with Jamie Pruitt Law and the information contained herein is protected by law. Unauthorized copying, alteration, display or distribution of any material is prohibited.