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Arizona Republic<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 “Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at DC Ranch in Scottsdale will pay nearly a quarter-million dollars<\/a> and furnish other relief to settle a same-sex sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced.”<\/p>\n

If you operate your business as a sole proprietorship or a general partnership, this story illustrates why a person should always operate a business through an LLC, corporation or limited partnership.\u00a0 How would you like to owe the EEOC $750,000 for something your employee did?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Republic:\u00a0 “Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at DC Ranch in Scottsdale will pay nearly a quarter-million dollars and furnish other relief to settle a same-sex sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced.” If you operate your business as a sole proprietorship or a general partnership, this story illustrates why a person should always operate a business through an LLC, corporation or limited partnership.\u00a0 How would you like to owe the EEOC $750,000 for something your employee did?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asset-protection","category-lawsuits","category-why-llc"],"yoast_head":"\nScottsdale's 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