By Sharmil McKee on February 28, 2010
Google Makes Life Easy: Free Tools for Your Business and Marketing Needs
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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If you’re like most people, you use Google’s products several times a day to search for [...]
Posted in Headlines, Networking Events | Tagged small business events
By Sharmil McKee on February 28, 2010
I received this question by email: I was terminated by my job, however, when I was hired, I signed a noncompete agreement. Is it valid now that they fired me?
This is my answer: I have a typical lawyer answer…it depends. What does it depend on? Mainly, the language of the agreement and the circumstances of [...]
Posted in Asked and Answered, Employers | Tagged firing employees
By Sharmil McKee on February 22, 2010
“In a new White Paper, the national nonprofit consumer group Center for Justice & Democracy explores how the weakening of investors’ and borrowers’ legal rights since the 1990s has compounded deregulation and lax regulatory enforcement led to the recent economic collapse. In Legal Abandon: How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To [...]
Posted in Litigation, Research | Tagged tort reform
By Sharmil McKee on February 20, 2010
iPhone J.D. has posted a review about the new Fastcase app for your iPhone. Fastcase allows you to research caselaw and statutes from your iPhone. The app is free, and does not require a subscription to Fastcase (which is only $700 per year in comparison to Westlaw which is $2500 per year). Download the app here from the Apple [...]
Posted in Research | Tagged programs
By Sharmil McKee on February 19, 2010
Will and Jada Smith have responded aggressively to legal threats that they fraudulently induced someone to invest in their film project.
In 2007, Jada wrote a film, the “Human Contract”; Will produced it. They convinced David Grasso to invest in the film. He did with $5 million dollars. The film went straight to DVD. In January [...]
Posted in Litigation, Understanding Contracts | Tagged celebrity, Litigation
By Sharmil McKee on February 18, 2010
I received this question by email: A business owes my business money for products that we sold. How do we collect our money and how do we find out if the business is closing? This is my answer: You have a couple of avenues to collect a past-due debt. You can try letters, phone calls, [...]
Posted in Asked and Answered | Tagged collecting judgment, collections
By Sharmil McKee on February 17, 2010
The Mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, announced a pilot program that will reduce the city’s tax rate for certain business industries. The program targets Research-and-development firms in engineering and life sciences as well as computer system design firms. Under the program, these city will exempt a portion of their net income from the business privilege [...]
Posted in Taxes
