Legal

Fusion 2007: In e-legalities, CIOs and lawyers combine to provide business value

That was the message of attorney Erik Phelps, a partner in the law firm <a href="http://www.mbfl...

Inline intellectual property raises legal issues

The users...

WARF says it's ready for a legal challenge on stem cells

— Just in case anyone doubts that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has both the will and the resources to defend its stem cell patent, Andy Cohn would like to disabuse them of the notion. Cohn, government and public relations manager for WARF, said the foundation, armed with a $1.5 billion endowment, is prepared to take on any legal challenges to its controversi...

Open source software -- Managing the legal risks

<b...

Marquette targets illegal downloading

The school is the first university working with the , a non-profit consortium of technologies companies inclu...

Beware -- Use of the word 'entrepreneur' can put you in a legal mess

Perhaps no single word better describes today's go-it-alone economic climate than the word "entrepreneur." The French-derived noun has a certain cachet that is appealing to those who would strike out on their own. In today's bootstrap economy, mayors of cities large and small along with colleges and universities and state-sponsored extension programs are reaching out to would-be entrepre...

Consider the legal issues before outsourcing offshore

Although outsourcing has been utilized by thousands of U.S. companies since the 1970s, it has become an increasingly controversial topic. In fact, lawmakers in more than 35 states have introduced legislation restricting outsourcing just as its popularity among corporations as an effective cost-cutting tool has begun to soar. Early in its growth outsourcing did not u...

Brand Bullies- Entrepreneurs draw legal action over common words

Before the Janesville fixed-base airport operator and entrepreneur applied for a name with the , he checked to see if anyone else had a similar n...

Illegal business tricks: Can my company do that?

Because I used to be a corporate HR person, people ask me HR questions all the time. One of the most popular forms of question that I get asked is: Can my company actually do that? The answer often is: Well, not legally, but it appears they did anyway. Im not a lawyer. I dont send people off to sue their current or past employer (or at least I havent so far). Life is long. So ma...