As an admitted technophile, I can't help but look into all the
newest gizmos and gadgets. Plus, working at an information
technology law firm, I can even bill it sometimes. Thus, I've
recently begun a fascination with e-books. Jason Wilson
has done a very interesting set of blogs looking at the use
of e-books (or lack of use) for lawyers (www.jasnwilsn.com/).
Jason's viewpoint is as a counterpoint to a recent set of blogs by
Professor Eugene Volokh (volokh.com/2009/10/02/the-future-of-books-...
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I saw
a great article awhile back in Entrepreneur and thought
I should post the article for those in the formation stages of
their next business venture.
I can't stress enough how much time and energy it takes to launch a
start-up, and just how
much the success or failure of a budding new company rests on the
people involved. I see it everyday as an Indiana
technology lawyer involved in Indiana entrepreneurial law.
You can count on spending hours upon hours of the day with your
business...
I am speaking this afternoon at the MBO Conference on the Legal Landscape of
Corporate Blogging. It was an honor to be invited to
participate in this year's conference, and I am truly looking
forward to the time.As an Indiana technology lawyer I monitor areas of law that impact my clients' business worlds. My colleagues and I monitor Internet laws, privacy laws, ASP law, SaaS law, cloud computing law, and various other areas of business law to best advise our clients on how to navigate the...Read More »
WIth the FTC guideline debate firing up the information technology
law debates, Eric Goldman had an interesting post on Monday about
the possiblity of 47 U.S.C. 230 preempting at least a portion of
the guidelines. Here is the text of his post (found at his
Technology & Marketing Law blog):
"Last week’s release of the FTC's new Endorsement and Testimonial Guidelines has generated a significant amount of angst online. The resulting commentary has been strongly and almost uniformly negative....
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This is part III of a hilarious
article by Robert Ambrogi on the IMS Expert Services blog. I am
an Indiana technology lawyer focusing on entrepreneurial law, SaaS
business law and technology law. As such, this article hits
home as it lies at the intersection of social media and legal
process. Enjoy.
4. Lawyer's blogging
backfires
A California lawyer learned the hard way to watch what you say on your blog. His posts helped earn him a suspension from law practice. But the case has an unusual...
Read More »A California lawyer learned the hard way to watch what you say on your blog. His posts helped earn him a suspension from law practice. But the case has an unusual...
This is part II of a
repost of an article by Robert Ambrogi on the IMS Expert
Services blog (here is a link to the first post). These are
unbelievable stories of actual cases and situations where
attorneys, judges and jurors posted blog articles and shared
stories on social media sites which got them in trouble.
Amazing - and funny.
7. When jurors
tweet
After jurors in an Arkansas case awarded a verdict of $12.6 million against a building materials company, one juror boasted on Twitter, "I just...
Read More »After jurors in an Arkansas case awarded a verdict of $12.6 million against a building materials company, one juror boasted on Twitter, "I just...
The TechPoint
Innovation Summit 2009 is finally here. I have been
looking forward to this event this year (which has not necessarily
been the case in past years). This year's focus is more tailored to helping seed and emerging stage Indiana technology companies pursue excellence in developing their innovation, marketing their innovation and seeking funding for their innovation. As an Indiana tech lawyer these topics hit right at heart of the needs I have wrestled through with my clients.
I...Read More »
This article is just too good and
deserves a repost on the Business & Culture Blog. I am an
Indiana technology lawyer focusing on entrepreneurial law, SaaS
business law and technology law. As such, this article hits
home as it lies at the intersection of social media and legal
process. The article is by Robert Ambrogi and posted on the
IMS
Expert Services blog. I will repost it in 3 parts - all
are worth reading.What happens in Vegas stays in
Vegas. The same is not true of what happens...
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Next
week is the TechPoint Innovation
Summit. This will be an exciting event for Indiana-based
technology leaders.This year I am pleased to moderate the plenary panel discussion on "Funding Innovation". As an Indiana tech lawyer / SaaS law attorney who helps clients set capital structures and meet capital goals, this is a topic I live and breath and am always striving to see fulfilled. Thus, I am thrilled to take part in this discussion.
The panel consists of venture capital and private...Read More »
I read an interesting post
yesterday on Small Business Trends by Professor Scott Shane,
Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve
University. It is a good read for current entrepreneurs and
those daring to dream of starting their own company. Here is the post:
Most entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about financing new companies that hinder their efforts to raise money. Here are a few:
Myth 1: It takes a lot of money to finance a new business. Not true. The typical...
I read an
interesting blog
post by Thomas Klein of Sand Hill Group this week on
the evolution and future of enterprise software. Klein states that a new wave of enterprise software has emerged and is “pulsating through the economy” and venture capital will soon take notice. The new platform is marked principally by SaaS and cloud computing. The industry visionaries are referring to this new era of enterprise software as Enterprise 3.0.
I found Klein's summary of the history of enterprise...Read More »
It's
exciting to be apart of the city of Indianapolis, and even more so
when you get to be involved with those who are shaping
the future of Indiana technology.
Business law firms are a great place to practice as a
technology attorney. I am fortunate to live in a
world where software start-ups and fresh business ideas
(that often times are solving tomorrow's problems) crop up everyday
and are a way of life. You would be amazed at some of the
exciting new software developments that are underway...
As an entrepreneurial law
attorney working with emerging and mid-market technology and SaaS
businesses I am often involved in intellectual property strategies
with my clients. I am not a patent attorney (although my firm
has patent attorneys within our network of partners that we
routinely work with). I do, however, live and breath
technology licensing and my firm handles copyright and trademark
matters for our business law clients.There is a good article on today's New York Times on-line...Read More »
As an entrepreneurial law firm we partner with our
clients at a unique level (at least unique as compared to most
business law firms). The attorneys at Alerding Castor Hewitt
seek to partner with our business clients providing more than mere
legal services, but serving as full service general counsel.
This means assisting in areas of business such as capital
structuring and private equity, development of business strategy,
and general business operational consulting. We also have
created our P...
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If you have not yet
seen it, check out IndianaStartup.com.
This site is a general resource for entrepreneurs, start-ups and
small businesses. The content is nothing less than
fantastic.The site was developed by Indianapolis attorney Brian Powers – a friend of Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP. I have great respect for Brian and his law practice. He is not only a very knowledgeable attorney, but his background as a business owner provides him a rare approach towards entrepreneurial law and business...Read More »
A SaaS client of mine recently pointed me to a change in
the Google Apps Service Level Agreement (SLA). Google changed
the definition of “Downtime Period” in their SLA to exclude the
first 10 minutes of any time the SaaS tool is
unavailable. Thus, if the tool is unavailable for less
than 10 minutes, that is excluded from any of the administrative
headaches or credits to be issued for downtime.Here is the full Google Apps SLA (notice the definition for "Downtime Period"):
Also, notice that...Read More »
Happy Fourth of July! 
You might have noticed that this blog has been very quiet for the past month. There are two reasons for this period of silence. First, probate litigation was not a signficant source of appellant decisions in June. Second, Alerding Caster LLP was given the honor and privilege of adding a new named partner as of June 28th: Brian Hewitt.
Brian is an extremely gifted attorney with over twenty years of experience and is an icon in the legal community. In fact, in 2009, Brian...Read More »
You might have noticed that this blog has been very quiet for the past month. There are two reasons for this period of silence. First, probate litigation was not a signficant source of appellant decisions in June. Second, Alerding Caster LLP was given the honor and privilege of adding a new named partner as of June 28th: Brian Hewitt.
Brian is an extremely gifted attorney with over twenty years of experience and is an icon in the legal community. In fact, in 2009, Brian...Read More »
One
of the business law firms located in downtown Indianapolis,
Alerding Castor, LLP began in April of 2007 and has now recently
added Brian Hewitt as partner. Under
the new name, Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP, I couldn’t be more
enthusiastic to be a part of this legal team. What I find exceptional about this firm is that we
work as a team in order to provide our clients with outstanding
legal counsel.
While I practice mainly on the transactional side of the law, working with clients on such...
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Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act (47
USC 230), entitled “Protection for private blocking and
screening of offensive material”, is an important federal statute
for any interactive computer service provider. As a
technology lawyer, my law practice largely focuses on SaaS law,
software licensing law and Internet based businesses, this statute
impacts several of my clients.The statute essentially provides protection for providers of interactive computer services against information...Read More »
In the movie The Natural (based off the Novel by
Bernard Malamud), Robert Redford plays the role of Roy Hobbs, a
fictitious baseball player considered to be the most naturally
gifted person to ever play the game. In the movie, Hobbs’ career nearly ended when he was only 19 years old. He was on his way to his big leagues tryout when he was shot in the abdomen by a lunatic woman who was on a mission to kill the most talented baseball player.
A number of years later Hobbs returns to baseball –...Read More »
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