The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, ruled on behalf of employees in two critical cases. The first case, CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries, dealt with a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which covers claims of retaliation that follow complaints about discrimination on the basis of age. Justice Stephen […]
Every great entrepreneur knows that lawyers are a vital component to the success of any business venture. They help the corporation or entity through its formation process; establish corporate governance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state and federal law; draft contracts which protect the critical interests of the organization; and negotiate deals, on […]
As an update to last week’s blog entry related to DISH Network’s lawsuit against News Corp. alleging that News Corp. had hired "hacker’s" (or "hit men" as they can be called in the industry) to systematically infiltrate its network, steal software code, and post information on the Internet to let users unscramble DISH’s satellite […]
Corporations engaged in international business transactions may be greeted by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, upon re-entry into the United States, with a warrantless seizure of its proprietary corporate data. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held, in U.S. v. Arnold, that customs officers need no reasonable suspicion to […]
Recently, I wrote an article about Avvo.com winning a lawsuit filed in the New Jersey courts requesting that the Garden State’s bar association turn over records of active lawyers practicing in that state. After writing that article I decided to take a further look at what Avvo.com could do for my law practice, and so […]
GET THE MONEY!!! That is the mantra every entrepreneur should be saying to themselves throughout the day. The one thing every business enterprise needs is money! This may seem like a very trivial concept, but it is easier said than done. From trying to get your clients to pay their invoices, to motivating […]
Every business starts with an idea or concept. A mother having a difficult time reselling toys her children have out-grown develops a website for renting kids toys. A man in mid-town Manhattan develops a bagel slicer that perfecting cuts bagels in half. A track coach in Eugene, OR, makes running shoes out of a waffle-iron. […]
The Fair and Accurate Transaction Credit Act, or "FACTA", is a federal law which, among other things, was enacted in response to the rise of identity theft-related crimes. One provision of FACTA makes it illegal to print on a receipt more than the last 5 digits of a credit card number or the card’s expiration date. […]
On Tuesday, April 1, 2008, the New Jersey judiciary notified Seattle-based internet company, Avvo, Inc., that it has complied with the company’s request to release information on tens of thousands of lawyers in that state. According to its website, Avvo is a web-based company that rates and profiles lawyers for search purposes by the […]
In an attempt to debunk a few of the myths that have been perpetrated by the media, and other interest groups, over the years regarding the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a report on March 3, 2008, which addressed some of […]