Legal Articles

Sales and the Art of Private InvestigationBY LEROY E. COOK A high pressure salesman is exemplified by the salesman who sold two milking machines to a farmer with only one cow and took the cow in payment for the machines.

Internet Explorer 6 Agitates Web Administrators With Legal KinkAntidote to P3P Privacy Filter Available Free at disavowp3p.com DALLAS, TX, September 2001 . . . Privacy filters in Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 6 pose for web administrators an unexpected legal predicament.

This being the age of increasing litigation, it is advisable for web site owners to have disclaimers posted on their Internet sites, and to have them accessible from any other part of the site. It is unfortunate that we need to do this, but such is the nature of the beast.

A steady stream of Patents have been coming from the U.S. Patent Office over the last few years, which have left folks in the software industry frustrated and outraged.With Patents that were issued to Amazon, Alta Vista and more recently McAfee getting extensive headline coverage, many have asked themselves what is afoot over at the U.

YOU COULD BE ON THE HOOK!Did you know that the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) regulations place responsibility for forgery losses partially on bank customers, rather than solely on the banks? But in addition to this exposure, there can be significant expenses and lost time investigating the crime, not to mention damage to your credibility and reputation.

You've already discovered that the Internet is a great medium for promoting your business. But just as you can use the Net's various components like the web, email, chat and newsgroups to network, to make new contacts and to generate leads, you can easily find yourself in hot water over legal disputes and legal challenges.

"... I'd like to register my business name with the proper town authorities as a sole proprietorship. To protect myself and my business name from being copied and altered, do I have to register any and all variations of the name? And is this done separately or is it done under the one application? .

It's true. According to a recent survey, one out of every 2 Americans will need a lawyer's advice in the next twelve months.Most of these people will try to handle it on their own, because they think they can't afford a lawyer.

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM (And so could your business!)Our courts are out of control. Instead of equal justice for all in many cases it seems justice goes to the highest bidder, the client who pays the highest legal bill.

The internet provides many resources when you need to find a firm to assist in the collection of receivables. Directories will be able to provide the names of law firms and collection agencies who specialize in the collection of delinquencies.