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I am excited to announce that the Sullivan & Ward law firm will publish its Iowa Law Blog beginning in mid to late August. The firm’s law blog will cover general legal issues inlcuding the following areas of law:
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Michael Moore has an informative post on Developing a Record Retention Policy on his Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog. Michael raises a particularly insightful issue:
Anticipate the arguments that may be made and inferences that could be drawn from the destruction of certain documents and weigh it against the expense of retaining and producing the
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The IowaBiz.com site is gaining popularity daily. Yours truly is one of the contributing authors but the other eleven authors have me checking this site every day and reading it through my feedreader. I am continually impressed with the quality of the ideas and concepts developed by the authors. A couple of my recent favorites and applicable to readers of…
Howard Hagen and Jeffrey Andersen of The Dickinson Law Firm have started the Iowa Banking Law Blog. This is sure to be a helpful resource for the Iowa banking industry.
A recent post on the Iowa Supreme Court’s dismissal of an antitrust class action against Visa and MasterCard caught my eye. It appears there…
In today’s business environment, organizations need to respond to an increasing number of document requests, from regulatory compliance issues to internal investigations to full-scale litigation. Much of this information is available electronically. Despite the prevalence of such document requests most organizations remain reactive rather than proactive when it comes to dealing with the issue of…
Thanks to Rob La Gatta over at Lexblog for the heads up that the New York lawyer advertising rules have been declared unconstitutional.
I hope this means we will see regular posts again from Imke Ratschko of the New York Small Business Law Blog. She has great insight and practical posts that provide helpful legal information…
Like the Portland Trail Blazers drafting Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan, how is it that Trent Hamm’s Blog, The Simple Dollar, is not among the blogs listed on the Central Iowa Bloggers site? This guy is the Tim Duncan of the Central Iowa blogging community. Not flashy but extremely successful.
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Very soon Rush on Business will have a new design courtesy of the pros at LexBlog. Kevin O’Keefe and his talented team are putting the final touches on the blog and I am eagerly anticipating the change.
Why did I switch?
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Pennsylvania business lawyer Anthony Cerminaro has a post on Legal Issues in Internet Contracting. The post references a comprehensive article from attorney Karl Belum of the Thelen Law Firm’s San Francisco office.
The article provides an excellent overview of the issues involved in Internet contracting. Belum advises:
"Entities engaging in repeat transactions can contractually
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I am hoping you will provide me with some input. What do you think are the top legal issues facing small businesses today?
My general sense is that employee/human resource issues rank high. If you are a small business owner, what keeps you up at night from a legal perspective? If you are a lawyer…