Iowa patent and information technology lawyer Brett Trout recently completed his series of posts on the new federal rules concerning electronic discovery. Brett and I also recently completed a podcast interview discussing the new electronic discovery rules. I encourage you to check it out. Brett has a lot of great information to share on
January 2007
Right-to-Work in Iowa Does Not Mean “No Non-Compete”
The Iowa legislature is now considering amendments to Iowa’s right-to-work law. This is a hot button political issue – the merits of which I am not discussing in this blog post. What I am addressing is the confusion many people express over the Iowa right-to-work law. Many individuals confuse the law with the belief that…
Presidential Hopeful Tom Vilsack to Serve as Visiting Professor at Drake Law School
Drake University Law School had some exciting news this morning. Former Governor and Presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack will serve as a visiting professor of law during the 2007 calendar year. Before his election as Governor, Vilsack practiced law in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He will teach a May interim course focusing on legal issues relating to…
Iowa Business Law: Nothing New
I listened to an insightful podcast from Becky McCray of Small Biz Survival called Nothing New. She also quotes Dr. Samuel Johnson who once said, "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."
That is so true when it comes to helping businesses recognize legal issues. So often what…
Electronic Discovery: Rush on Business Podcast No. 1 Interview with Brett Trout
I have added podcasts to Rush on Business through BlogTalkRadio. The first podcast is an interview with Iowa patent and information technology lawyer Brett Trout concerning the important federal rule changes regarding electronic discovery and how it impacts your business. Brett is the author of Internet Laws Affecting Your Company. As Brett says, bury…
FTC Amends Franchise Rules
Wiggin and Dana’s Franchise Law Blog has a discussion about the amended FTC rules for franchises. The new rules require franchisors to provide all potential franchisees with a disclosure document containing 23 specific items of information about the offered franchise, its officers, and other franchisees.
Required disclosure topics include, for example: the franchise’s litigation history…
Web Incorporation and LLC Formation Services
New York small business lawyer Imke Ratschko wrote an excellent blog post on Web incorporation services. She found a blog post by a California business lawyer who described a certain Web incorporation service as almost a scam.
Imke also shares her reasons why people are better off choosing business lawyers to perform incorporation and LLC…
Zoom Past LegalZoom
A couple of months ago I received Sirius satellite radio as a gift. I love it except for one constant ad that drives me absolutely bonkers. About every fifteen minutes I hear an ad from LegalZoom, a legal document company. LegalZoom touts that its fees are 85% less than those of lawyers.
First, with…
Supreme Court to Hear “Cat’s Paw” Discrimination Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear an important employment discrimination case in which a Coca-Cola bottling company fired a black employee. The case involves allegations that a supervisor was motivated by racial bias and influenced a human resources manager to fire the worker. The human resources person was located elsewhere and did not…
Think Like a Geek
On December 31, 2006, I wrote a post on how Blog Monitoring is a Top Trend for 2007. Today’s Des Moines Business Record cover story is Exhibit A. The story recounts how smart companies are listening to bloggers and dealing quite effectively with negative publicity. It seems Central Iowa blogger Tom Vander Well…