Archive for May, 2008
>> Legal Outsourcing Can Compromise Attorney-Client Privilege
2 Comments Published May 28th, 2008 in Courts, News, Privacy, TaxThe ABA Journal is reporting another development in attorney-client privilege concerns with the booming legal outsourcing market. Here are the questions:
Does the monitoring of cross-border communications by the United States government under the Patriot Act and the Wiretapping Act and the lack of US constitutional protection in foreign countries violate an attorney’s duty to [...]
Loved this New York Times illustration from the book review of Bill Bishop’s The Big Sort, which I found over on Richard Florida’s blog, The Creativity Exchange.
Nice reference to the Crustacean Period, and a strong suggestion that here in Michigan we have to evolve our economy and the way we do business, lest we be [...]
>> Followup On Trade Secrets In Source Code
1 Comment Published May 21st, 2008 in Business, Consumer, Courts, NewsHere’s a followup to “Trade Secret Claims No Longer Protecting Source Code from Discovery — So How’s Your Code?”:
An Arizona judge just threw out 49 breath tests performed using the Intoxilyzer 9000 by CMI, based on the company’s refusal to make the software source code available under subpoena for inspection by defendants facing prosecution for [...]
>> Do You Fit The Entrepreneur Profile?
0 Comments Published May 6th, 2008 in Business, News, StartupsWSJ’s Tech Blog recently published a profile of the ‘typical’ tech entrepreneur, based on a survey by the Kauffman Foundation. Here are the typical characteristics:
founded their $1,000,000-plus company, on average, at 39 years of age
more than 90% have completed a college degree
four times as likely than the general public to have attended an Ivy-League [...]