28th July 2009
Functionality of social media and connectivity are growing on the Internet. Many businesses are creating Twitter accounts and Facebook pages. Direct marketing and relationship marketing thrive with these forms of interactive tools. Another innovative tech...
28th July 2009
Much like working with an accountant, working with a lawyer is a collaborative venture. The more information you provide to your lawyer, the better they can perform in the courtroom. Simple, subtle little instances surrounding a case can change the whole ...
28th July 2009
This ruling reverses the 2004 San Francisco Superior Court ruling in the case of Miller v. Bank of America where Judge Boulaine found in favor of Miller. She ordered Bank of America to pay damages of over a billion dollars to the over 1.1 million social s...
28th July 2009
Instead of straight release, many jurisdictions choose to release a prisoner on parole. In Ontario, any offender with a sentence of two years or less is under the authority of the Ontario Board of Parole (OBP). According to statistics on the OBP’s site,...
28th July 2009
Breach of contract happens quite often. Two or more parties enter into a good faith arrangement and during their relationship, one or more decide(s) for whatever non-legally valid reason not to hold up their end of the bargain. A few types of breaches are...
28th July 2009
A variety of social networking tools have sprung up on the Internet. MySpace, then Facebook, and now Twitter. The line between social and professional uses smears as users have various motivations ranging from connecting with friends to networking with ...
28th July 2009
A trust is a device used to store assets and divvy them out under certain rules. Trusts contain any asset type a trustor (the person forming the trust, also referred to as grantor) chooses to put in it. Many trusts are setup with loved ones in mind, provi...
28th July 2009
If the death of a loved one isn’t enough to deal with already, many people face the hardship of a messy estate dispute. Some of the common situations that arise during disputes are lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence and intestacy.
Testame...
28th July 2009
Adult child support invokes the response that most oxymorons entail- say what now? Although adults are not children, some adult children or adult dependants cannot survive on their own and require the assistance of their parents. Some cases that fall unde...
30th June 2009
Employers can be fickle. Workers can be terminated for silly reasons while others (who rightly should be let go) keep their jobs forever. Wrongful dismissal is defined as “being fired from a job without an adequate reason or without any reason whatsoeve...
30th June 2009
A resident of New York and his lawyer filed a claim against Match.com for deceptive marketing practices. Seann McGinn is seeking damages for the pain caused by the responses he did not get.
So how does this make sense? McGinn argues that since Match.co...
30th June 2009
One of the appeals of franchising is the added security provided by the law of large numbers. Meaning that in the case a few branches begin to struggle, the ‘body’ of the business will survive. With many proven successes, franchisors grow to enormous ...
30th June 2009
Contracts come up often during the course of business. Common types of business contracts include employment, land/lease/rental contracts, contracts with suppliers and contracts with customers.
Employment contracts. Contracts with staff for either prof...
30th June 2009
Microsoft has sued Eric Lam, Gordon Lam and Melanie Suen over fraud related to pay-per-click advertisements. Filed in the court of Seattle, the civil suit names a Canadian citizen (Suen). Microsoft is suing for damages of $750,000.
After a yearlong inv...
30th June 2009
Business runs on interconnectivity with suppliers or distribution and having a well-formed contract enables each party to have recourse if things ever get ugly. A solid business contract should contain certain elements that ensure each party knows who, wh...
