Author Archives: Jean Niehues

The third in our series based on attending David Durick of Paychex’s workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016 examines the third and fourth of the ten critical steps to building and protecting your business. If you are not sure which steps apply to you, please join Traklight here and take the free Business Risk Assessment withContinue reading “Avoid Failure to Launch: Part III”

Technology has brought about a new slate of intellectual property issues that see corporations facing off in court. Google and Oracle were engaged in a lengthy court battle over the use of Java APIs in Google’s development of Android software, and numerous other companies have taken legal action against their rivals for similarly unseen elements used inContinue reading “Patent Infringement Case Between Cisco and Arista Presses Forward”

In Part II of our series based on attending David Durick of Paychex’s workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, we will dive deeper into the first two of the ten critical steps to building and protecting your business.

When it comes to piracy and copyright violation, one would reasonably assume that the entirety of culpability lies with the offender. After all, there isn’t much in the way of excuse for doing something that most know to be wrong in misappropriating copyrighted material (and ignorance is a poor defense.) You might see characters onContinue reading “Internet Provider Penalized In Copyright Violation Cases”

As the holidays approach, many of us get caught up in planning and preparing and various family events and functions, and our focus on work can begin to wane, if only slightly. And that isn’t necessarily a bad thing — after all, many of us work hard throughout the year in part to be ableContinue reading “Get Ready for the New Year”

At our recent Evolve Law event in Austin, the topic of cybersecurity at law firms was raised, as more and more attorneys have to consider the security of the sensitive client information they are charged with. While no security is absolute, LawPay has laid out relatively simple steps that any firm can take to make sure thatContinue reading “Tackling Security for your Law Firm”

This is a guest post from Brette Sember that originally ran on the Avvo blog. 

I attended the fourth of the five Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC) hosted by Ruth Hedges in Las Vegas. Due to Traklight, Evolve Law, and family commitments, I was only able to attend for Monday, October 17th.  

In my previous blog, I wrote about the importance of intellectual property (IP) and the ways in which small businesses can go about protecting their own.  But often many businesses fail to recognize the importance of their intangible assets, instead overlooking them in favor of more immediate concerns. But failing to recognize the value inContinue reading “IP Mistakes from Small Businesses, Part II”

Thes post was written by Mary Fetzer and originally ran on the Avvo blog.