Taco Truck Beef Serves Up Tasty Legal Lessons to Business Owners
Like so many of us who live in the desert Southwest, I loves me some tacos. We are definitely blessed to have some of the best in the nation. However, a business that recently contacted me from, let’s just say Tucson, highlights the importance of small businesses taking their legal structure and brand name seriously. Failure to do so could set your business up for a serious case of indigestion, legally speaking. Background The business in question was a local restaurant that also operated a popular taco truck, which we'll call "XYZ Killer Tacos". When I asked the owner what kind of legal structure he was operating the business through, his answer was sole proprietor. Ugh. Sole proprietor. In the business of serving food. To the public. (yikes) Nonetheless, his…
