Idaho Business Legal Questions

I am aware of no laws that prevent your bank from closing your account for any reason (although I am certainly no expert in Illinois law), other than race, gender, nationality, and similar discriminatory motoves.  Therefore, your respective rights in this area depend on your contract.  What does the agreement pursuant to which you opened your account say?  I don't know, but I would be that it is a form created by the bank, and therefore is very bank-friendly, and probably allows the bank to close the account for any reason.... Read More

You erred when you purchased the property -- you failed to conduct a survey and thus have taken the property subject to the encroachment. The title company's policy expressly omits coverage for matters that could have been detected through a survey. One option would be to negotiate a property-line agreement with the owner of the garage. In order to avoid a fight, he might be willing to give you a portion of his property equal in area to the size of the encroachment. An attorney who practices real estate law can assist you in this matter.... Read More

Generally speaking, when you share your ideas without requiring the other party to enter into an agreement not to use them for his own business, you have no expectation that the ideas will remain yours. You don't have to be an employee if you don't want to. Your investor is free to invest in your business or his own business. This is pretty much the American way.... Read More

The exceptions to the "at will" rule are narrow, because the public policy that underlies the rule is to encourage both employers and employees to form relationships as they deem economically appropriate for them; a court will usually not substitute its judgment for that of an employer in determining whom the employer should fire or retain. As a general matter, a practice or policy of an employer will not provide an exception to the "at will" rule unless it is essentially contractual in nature, such as contained in an employee handbook or published in a policy manual. The mere fact that the employer chooses to ignore misconduct from another employee would generally not rise to this level.... Read More