Nuzayra Haque-Shah is speaking at the Small Business Expo . Legal Essentials for Small Biz Owners

Legal Essentials for Small Biz Owners

09/9/2021 • 1:00PM - 1:45PM PST • Workshop Room 3

Every business decision has a legal consequence so it's absolutely crucial that small business owners understand the basics of legal compliance and protection especially when it comes to online businesses. In this workshop we’ll cover the 3 most important legal areas that every small business owner needs to know in order to run and scale a successful business. They are: 1) Business Formation: this will cover how to set up a legally compliant business and what factors to consider when deciding which entity type is best for them -- sole proprietorship, LLC or corporation? 2) Business Contracts: this will cover why contracts are important and the essential business contracts every small business owner, especially those in the online space, need such as Privacy Policies, Terms and Conditions etc. 3) Intellectual Property: how to protect and scale your brand and content through Trademarks and Copyrights. I will walk through what are Trademarks and Copyrights and why it's essential for small business owners to have ownership rights in their intellectual property assets especially in the online space.

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Nuzayra Haque-Shah Speaker

Nuzayra Haque is a virtual attorney based out of Los Angeles, California. Nuzayra counsels U.S. and international clients on obtaining and protecting trademarks and copyrights, branding strategies, IP portfolio management, trade secrets, data protection, GDPR and U.S privacy law compliance and other commercial matters. As a creative entrepreneur and small business owner herself, Nuzayra loves working with startups and creative professionals and has represented clients in cannabis, technology, design, fashion and entertainment. One of the first attorneys to successfully obtain federal trademark protection in the cannabis industry, Nuzayra was named in the Daily Journal‘s ‘Top Women Attorneys’ for 2017. Since 2015, she has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Southern California for intellectual property, an award made to only 2.5% of attorneys in the region. She is often featured in legal and business outlets as an expert in intellectual property, her latest interview on intellectual property rights for cannabis brands was published on Yahoo! Finance. She also recently served on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California.Nuzayra holds the honor of being both a California attorney and a barrister in England and Wales, having been called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in London. She attended the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, where she was awarded the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. In the UK, she received law degrees from BPP Law School in Leeds and Northumbria University, graduating with honors, in Newcastle. During her spare time Nuzayra loves hanging out with her husband and their pet cat Kiba while entertaining friends and family. As a virtual attorney, she loves travelling to new countries and exploring new destinations while working for the protection and growth of her clients’ businesses. Being virtual helps Nuzayra save on traditional costs of running a law firm and allows her to pass on those savings to her clients while providing top quality service.