On March 9, 2013, a handful of East Bay nonprofits held an event entitled: “Legal Eats: A Legal Workshop for Community Food Enterprise.”
The event was co-sponsored by:
- the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC),
- Green Collar Communities Clinic (GC3),
- Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC),
- People’s Grocery,
- Oakland Office of Parks and Recreation,
- and the Students for Economic and Environmental Justice at Berkeley Law School.
Here’s a link to videos of the presentations offered by attorneys and law students at the event.
Topics included:
- Entity choice and formation, especially cooperatives and nonprofits.
- Liability and insurance.
- Employment law.
- Contracts.
- Commercial leases.
- Zoning.
- Health and safety laws.
- Securities law.
- Financing.
- Tax and accounting.
- Sales tax and food.