Brett Rogers of Beat Canvas had an angry post entitled "What is Wrong with America". Brett is disgusted with a justice system that allows a lawyer (and administrative law judge) to sue his dry cleaner for $67 million in damages for a lost pair of pants.
It’s cases like this one that upset
Today is the official launch of Iowabiz.com–a content rich, very focused site with amazing Iowa business bloggers all focused on helping your business grow. The site is sponsored by Professional Solutions Insurance Services.
I am excited to be a part of Iowabiz.com as a contributing author. The other authors include:
One of the biggest challenges for my clients is hiring and retaining talented employees. David Maister has an excellent post on hiring talented people. In his post David expands on the War for Talent is Back by Bob Sutton of Harvard Business Online.
Thanks to Kevin O’Keefe for pointing out the posts. Kevin runs an
If you are looking for Venture Capital blogs look no further than Applied Disruption’s "One Stop List of VC Blogs".
It is a very interesting collection of blogs. In some cases not quite what I expected.
For those Iowa-Microsoft class action case junkies you can view the settlement agreement here.
I have received several emails on how to file a claim in the case. For details on how to file a claim be sure to go to www.IowaMicrosoftCase.com.
There is a Frequently Asked Questions section to help you with
The Virginia Tech tradegy continues to raise awareness of the growing necessity to prevent workplace violence. Shanti Atkins of the Harassment Training Blog outlines a Seven-Step Workplace Prevention Plan for employers. Those steps include:
Rush on Business Podcast No. 5 is an interview with Mike Colwell. Mike is the Executive Director of the Business Innovation Zone of Central Iowa (BIZ). BIZ is a new regional business accelerator through the Greater Des Moines Partnership. If you are an entrepreneur in Central Iowa you won’t want to
Tomorrow I have a podcast interview with Mike Colwell on my BlogTalkRadio channel page. Mike is the Executive Director of the Des Moines Partnership’s new business accelerator, BIZ. The live interview is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and will be also be available in podcast format on this blog.
Hope you will listen. If you
Judge Rosenberg gave preliminary approval today of a $179.95 million dollar settlement in the Iowa consumer class action against Microsoft. Unlike other settlements across the country, Microsoft has agreed to pay cash to consumers as opposed to vouchers for future purchases of software. As I predicted, the settlement is substantial and actually in line
Brett Trout had an interesting post today on the Top Ten Technologies for the Non-Tech Lawyer. In my humble opinion the number one opportunity for the non-tech lawyer is reading feeds. The amount of information available today with nearly one click of the mouse is incredible.
Why should lawyers care? This post
