Comments on: Legal and business advice for online publishers and bloggers http://www.ojr.org/070411pearson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=070411pearson Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kim Pearson http://www.ojr.org/070411pearson/#comment-824 Kim Pearson Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:21:12 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1312#comment-824 I know it seems odd, but under the law, a corporation is a “person.” So if your blog is a corporate entity, it is legally separate from you, even if you are the corporation’s only shareholder. The content that is subject to litigation is the responsibility of the corporation. That’s why any losses — or profits, for that matter, accrue to the corporation, not to you personally.

]]> By: Barry Parr http://www.ojr.org/070411pearson/#comment-823 Barry Parr Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:07:07 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1312#comment-823 Will setting up an LLC really protect your personal assets?

Let’s say you’re a single-person blogger/journalist and someone thinks you libeled them. How will an LLC keep them from suing you personally, as opposed to your assetless LLC?

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