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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One aspect of any litigation, be it internet litigation, software
litigation, any any other type, is the production of documents in
discovery. Accompanying this necessary procedure is the fear
and stomach-wrenching possiblity of the inadvertent production of
privileged materials. Nothing will make an attorney or a
client go pale faster than realzing that they've produced to
opposinig counsel a correspondence between client and
attorney. The proliferation of electronically stored
information...
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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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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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This ticks me off. I
understand that in a struggling economy the State needs to make
budget cuts, but instead of cutting spending in areas that
ultimately do not lead to economic improvement, our State
representatives are
considering cutting spending in an area that
have been the lifeblood of the State for the last quarter century –
technology.
This may have a huge impact on my clients as my law practice
centers on Indiana technology businesses – helping technology
businesses get innovations to...
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Let's face it - most
contract terms are boring. SaaS licensors and their customers
want to close deals. They want to hammer out the business
terms and key legal terms and get the contract done. I don't
blame them. Nobody in their right mind wakes up in the
morning and says "I want to negotiate a contract today."
After weeks (or even months) of negotiations over key business and
legal terms, the parties often are left with a few miscellaneous
"legal" terms that seem more of a burden than...
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Much of my SaaS law
(Software as a Service) practice consists of negotiating SaaS
agreements. Whether you count SaaS as a license, service or a
hybrid of both, expect one thing in your negotiations, corporate
counsel usually just don't get it.
Most in-house counsel for large corporations spend their time on
securities, employment or common vendor or customer issues.
SaaS licensing is still a relatively new area of technology /
information technology law and most in-house counsel want to...
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Congratulations to
Indiana technology / SaaS company
Compendium
Blogware who was named as one of America's Most Promising
Startups by
Business Week
this last week.
Compendium Blogware is a Web-based blogging platform built for
businesses and organizations. With its administrative layers and
proprietary compending feature that maximizes search engine
optimization, the company offers businesses an innovative solution
for lead generation, customer acquisition and humanizing their
marketing.
My...
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There
is a huge potential savings for the U.S. government in adopting
SaaS technologies, cloud computing infrastructure and open source
software. Last week President Obama
requested Scott McNealy, ex-CEO and co-founder of Sun Microsystems,
to
produce a report on potential benefits of such a
move. The current U.S. government IT
budget is approximately $70 billion per year.
According to a
recent study by MeriTalk, Red Hat, and DLT Solutions, the U.S.
government could save $3.7 billion by using...
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I am attending a conference this week in San
Francisco on Intellectual Property licensing. It may sound
boring, but I find this stuff amazing – cutting edge cultural
initiatives. To my knowledge, I am the only private-practice
Indianapolis attorney who focuses on
Software
as a Service (SaaS) and software licensing fields (of course, I
also help clients in other business law fields, but a majority of
my practice is in these technology areas).
With this narrow focus and my lack of competition...
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I am currently reading
Purple Cow by
Seth
Godin. This is a great book. It is a very short
read (just over 100 pages) that is packed with insight. The
gist of the book is that your business needs to rise above the dull
and boring and become remarkable. The changing landscape of
culture and marketing is that traditional advertising is losing its
effectiveness and products that are truly innovative and generate
buzz are gaining market share. The battle is to rise above
being invisible in our...
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As many readers of this blog know, I am a business law attorney who
partners and provides legal counsel to Indiana technology and
software licensing companies. I have found that one of the
biggest headaches for business owners in these industries is making
wise hiring decisions - especially in hiring their sales
staff.
There is a fun blog article this week on Career
Builder's blog site entitled "
Who
Would You Hire from the "Office": Three Tips on How to Find the
Best Salesperson". I am a big...
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As a business attorney with
Alerding Castor, LLP, I provide
legal services and counsel to technology companies. In my
representation, I have seen a lot of results of globalization
arising from our Indianapolis market. It is exciting to see
our local companies rise to the global stage. The barrier of
entry to world markets is drastically open to Software as a Service
and other internet-based software providers.
I remember a professor in my MBA program at Butler University
telling the class...
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It is with deepest pride, and greatest pleasure, that I announce
the newest additions to Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP, attorneys Eric
Davis and J.R. Hensley. A welcome supplement to our business
law staff, Eric and J.R. will each provide new and unique functions
to the team.
David Castor, a founding partner of Alerding Castor Hewitt, says,
“We are excited about what Eric and J.R. will offer our clients.
The caliber of these professionals – and their addition to our team
– speaks to Alerding Castor...
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