Fortune: As he had promised to do, President Obama selected a judge with enormous breadth of life and career experience – experience that dwarfs not only that of Wood or Kagan but, indeed, that of any of the justices on the current Court. In addition to her extraordinary life story – raised poor by a […]
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photo credit: ttarasiuk Now this is an interesting idea. Juridica Capital Management invests in lawsuits. The investing companies say that because they do not take control of the lawsuit from the company and lawyers waging it, their most important task is identifying cases likely to produce a substantial return. That means, for example, rejecting claims
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TechDirt: A few months back, we wondered why it was so difficult to opt out of copyright. Soon after that, Creative Commons added its CC0 license, which gets you a long way towards putting your content in the public domain (there are a few issues related to it, but it’s better than nothing). With patents,
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photo credit: vlidi By now everyone reading these sites has been on numerous job interviews in the past. We have all experienced the interview question’s several times, the one’s that are so over used there is practically a book on how to give the perfect answer to them, the one’s that are illegal but are
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photo credit: keeponilluminating9_11 With a new president inevitably comes new laws of all kind’s including employment. It is no surprise that with the unemployment rate being so high and so many people now in the market for new jobs that there are bound to be some new employment laws. A complete list of the new
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photo credit: stallio There are millions of home based business’ today, and most of these business’ do not contain the proper insurance policy. Consider all of the possibilities in a home based business such as computer, inventory, slip and fall coverage, fire, theft, cell phone, lap top, files, etc. Many entrepreneurs mistakenly believe they’re covered
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Wired: What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but if its name ended in “pod,” it might attract the ire of Apple’s shark-like legal team. Apple’s obsession with the blockbuster success of its iPod has driven the corporation to chase down many companies attempting to use the media
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ars technica: Creative Commons has officially launched a Web tool to aid content creators who want to publish material under the highly permissive CC0 license. The tool, which has been under development for over a year, has now reached 1.0 status and is accessible from the Creative Commons website. In December 2007, Creative Commons launched
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Springwise: Planning a wedding may be a time-consuming task, but any bride who elects to take her husband’s last name after getting married soon learns that the process of making that name change can be nearly as laborious. Enter I’m a Mrs., a new site that gives Canadian women an alternative to navigating the myriad
The Associated Press: As the recession forces small businesses across the country to cut expenses, some are making a dramatic shift — they’re laying off employees and using independent contractors instead. Back in 2006, Ron Gold had only full-time employees in his advertising agency, but business began to slip and he began using freelancers. Last
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