Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP here with an overdue update with some possible interest for our business law clients. Back at the end of September, the Indiana Supreme Court decided Bingley v. Bingley, a marriage dissolution case, and concluded that the employer-provided health insurance benefits of a retiree constituted an asset once they had vested and should be included in the marital estate for the distribution of property. You can read the full opinion he...
Read More »So I have been a bit behind in blogging these past few weeks.
With the new addition to my family (my 3rd son), life has been
hectic. But, I am back and ready to role.
As a general update, Alerding Castor Hewitt continues expand as technology legal counsel in SaaS law, funding law and entrepreneurial law fields. We have some exciting new Internet-based and SaaS clients. This month we helped a client negotiate a stock purchase deal and have handled no less than thirty SaaS or software licensing...Read More »
As a general update, Alerding Castor Hewitt continues expand as technology legal counsel in SaaS law, funding law and entrepreneurial law fields. We have some exciting new Internet-based and SaaS clients. This month we helped a client negotiate a stock purchase deal and have handled no less than thirty SaaS or software licensing...Read More »
Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP here with some exciting news about a SaaS law client and a business law client: ExactTarget and O’Reilly’s Irish Bar and Restaurant. Once its build-out is complete, ExactTarget will be moving some of its people into a new space across the street from us in the Century Building. This is a company that continues to grow, and we are excited to witness it happen and wish ExactTarget continued success.
To help celebrate and...
Read More »In the spirit of entertaining legal stories like the one below that Chris recently shared with our Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP audience, I thought I would share a story I ran across yesterday about a trademark dispute. Also, because Chris is a connoisseur of fine comfort food, I’m sure that he will enjoy it.
A restaurant in Bellevue, Washington, John Howie Steak, has come up
with a caloric-intensive burger that starts with grilling a
12-ounce ground chuck patty and then tops it with Kurobuta...
Your
friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP with
a brief overview (not an in-depth analysis of all of the legal
issues) of some recent Seventh Circuit decisions involving internet
litigation, trademark disputes, and anti-cybersquatting that could
affect technology, software, and business clients maintaining
websites and engaging in cyber-marketing.
Last Friday, October 1, 2010, the Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction...
Read More »Last Friday, October 1, 2010, the Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction...
Here is one of those convergence points where business law and
privacy law intersect and effectuate additional administrative
duties on the business holder. In a rather interesting
bulletin, the Connecticut Department of Insurance issued a
directive on August 18, 2010, requiring "that all licensees and
registrants of the Department notify the Department of any
information security incident which affects any Connecticut
residents as soon as the incident is identified, but no later than
five (5)...Read More »
Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP here, this time with a probate law update. The Court of Appeals of Indiana decided an issue of first impression yesterday in an Indiana probate litigation matter. The case was Avery v. Avery, --- N.E.2d ---, cause no. 49A05-1004-PL-320 (Ind. Ct. App. Sept. 7, 2010). In short, the Court concluded that an answer is required in a will contest. A copy of that published opinion may be found here.
The facts relevant to the issue on...
Read More »I don't often blanket repost other blogs that I see, however, in
this instance, I think it is appropriate. Venkat, writing for
Professor Goldman's blog, writes an excellent analysis of the
recent ruling in the In re: Easysaver Rewards Litigation(S.D. Cal. August 13, 2010). This is a very interesting case
in that it covers several different, more traditional causes of
action and analysis. I'm interested to see what ramification
this case is going to have on SaaS law and privacy
litigation....Read More »
Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP here with a history lesson and tie in to business law. Most of you have probably heard the term “gerrymander” and know that it refers to a process of dividing a territory into districts in order to give one political party an advantage over another by concentrating the voting strength of that party in as many districts as possible. Fewer of you probably know the origin of the term, and I imagine that even fewer know much about...
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Something that women and/or minority
business owners may want to consider is registration with the
Indiana Department of Administration Minority and Women's Business
Enterprises Division to become certified as a minority-owned or
woman-owned business.Established in order to give such businesses an equal opportunity to participate in the state purchasing process, the criteria considered for such certification include that the minority/woman member possess:
- ownership of the business (at least...
FIRM JOINS INNOVATION SUMMIT AS SPONSOR
For the second year in a row, the firm committed to this year’s Innovation Summit as the Plenary Panel Sponsor.
This annual event brings together entrepreneurs, executives and policymakers for learning, dialogue and debate on the central challenge of today’s economy – turning today’s ideas into tomorrow’s business breakthroughs. The Summit includes keynote speakers, breakout sessions on a variety of innovation related topics, and dozens of trade and...
Read More »One of my favorite aspects of building a business law / private
equity firm is seeing clients set and reach business goals.
Many clients face complicated issues that need careful legal
analysis and creative planning. Unfortuantely, most attorneys
focus on the problems with the complicated deals and have trouble
finding creative ways to navigate the legal minefield.
Alerding Castor Hewitt takes a unique approach on business law in
that we consider ourselves "deal makers" rather than what...Read More »
This
morning I attended the Techpoint event: What it Takes
to Lead a Successful Entrepreneurial Venture Today and was
reminded of some fundamental leadership qualities that I see in
many of the successful business owners we work with as a business,
entrepreneurial and information technology law firm.Speaking today were Daniel DeHayes, a Professor Emeritus of Business Administration with the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and Delphia Croft, the Managing Principal of...Read More »
Your friendly Indianapolis attorney and Partner In Success at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP here with another post, this time for both business entities and lawyers who find themselves in the trenches of business law, SaaS law, internet laws, and privacy litigation and probate litigation. Partner and fellow blogger Dave Castor sort of beat me to the bunch by pointing out a great blog post by Michael P. Alerding (ACH’s Mike Alerding’s father) at Alerding & Co., LLC, which Dave re-posted below. I...
Read More »The post below is fantastic. It is by Michael P. Alerding,
CPA (my business partner's father) at his accounting firm's new
blog site. He gave me permission to re-post it here (thank
you Alerding & Co.). Check it out:
Alerding & Co. Blog
What Happened to Business
Ethics?
By: Michael P. Alerding, CPA
Every time I get a contract to sign, I find it almost impossible to spend the time reading the fine print and trying to understand all of the future implications of the agreement. As my son,...
Read More »By: Michael P. Alerding, CPA
Every time I get a contract to sign, I find it almost impossible to spend the time reading the fine print and trying to understand all of the future implications of the agreement. As my son,...
Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP here with an issue for those of you who, from time to time, might find yourselves embroiled in collections litigation over business law, SaaS law, or technology law matters. How often have you seen a debtor issue a check for payment and include on the memo line words to the effect of “as full satisfaction of claim,” “final payment in full of debt,” or some similar words despite the fact that the debtor owes you more than the...
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July 23, 2010
Contact: Lainey Scheetz
317.403.9012
lscheetz@alerdingcastor.com
ALERDING CASTOR HEWITT, LLP CLIENT NAMED 10TH FASTEST GROWING PRIVATE COMPANY IN INDIANA FOR THIRD TIME
Indianapolis, IN – Iasta, the leading provider of eSourcing software and solutions, was titled as the 10th Fastest Growing Private Company in Indiana for 2010 by the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ). A third time honoree, Iasta boosted its three-year growth rate at 134 percent.
The report...
Read More »This one is a fun little piece of pseudo-software litigation.
The basic facts are that Facebook and its majority stockholder Mark
Zuckerberg have been sued by Paul D. Ceglia, who claims 84%
ownership in the website juggernaut. The part of this story
that has been clogging the Net is that a state court judge in
New York actually issued a temporary restraining order ("TRO")
prohibiting Zuckerberg and Facebook, Inc. from disposing or
selling any of its assets. This has produced the...Read More »
War at its best is barbarism.
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
--William Tecumseh Sherman
Though he said these words nearly a century and a half ago, General Sherman’s comments apply equally well to litigation, including the world of business law, technology law, SaaS law, and probate law. Litigation is a serious business, not something to be undertaken lightly. And it is often expensive – regardless of...
Read More »This is one of those great posts that gets to combine cloud
computing law with privacy law with political intrigue.
Before I get too far in, I want to set out my own caveat. In
my opinion, there is a data war brewing between the United
States, EU, and China and everyone if vying for the top dog
spot. The basis of this is the fact that each faction views
the protection of data very differently and they each want to be
the best. To just give you a surface level scratch of the
differences I'll...Read More »
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