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Dealing with the Surprise Government Interview
When conducting criminal investigations about possible corporate wrongdoing, in alleged defective-products matters and other cases, government agents often seek to interview company executives and other employees ' of old-line bricks-and-mortar and e-commerce companies ' 'by ambush' outside the office, to minimize the likelihood that a supervisor or a company lawyer might intervene to thwart the interview. There is nothing improper in using this investigative technique; nevertheless, employees should know their legal rights and understand the risks they take when they submit to such surprise interrogations.
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The China Syndrome: Will the U.S. Legal System Deal with Tainted Chinese Imports or Meltdown?
The 'classic' product liability lawsuit against the Chinese manufacturer raises many issues, including, but not limited to, jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and the uncertainty as to whether traditional U.S. product liability or tort defenses apply. Probably the most important issue, enforcement of any judgment in China, is also either unchartered or risky territory for a claimant.
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e-Telephone Privacy
At low cost and widening availability, VoIP is common in business, and might be used at a greater volume and frequency among tech and e-commerce companies, thus making it a technology and a commodity to watch. Unfortunately, for consumer and businessperson alike, a concealed cost of VoIP service might be a user's privacy. That's because traditional telephone privacy is strictly sheltered by existing case law and statute, while VoIP, it could be argued, is unprotected in many instances.
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Bluecasting or Bluespamming?
Bluetooth, the moniker of the popular wireless technology, is named after a 'Viking' king famous for having united several Scandinavian countries, at least temporarily. Bluetooth, however, was not a Viking in the popular sense ' he used cunning more often than violence to achieve his objectives. It is perhaps appropriate, then, and certainly no surprise that marketers ' e-commerce firms and their marketing reps and agents among them ' have begun using Bluetooth technologies to do some 'Viking' of their own. Bluetooth Marketing ' also called Bluespamming ' uses Bluetooth technology to reach nearby potential consumers and offer them coupons, downloads, and other product or service information.
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Selling Your e-Commerce Company For Private Equity Money
Entrepreneurs have traditionally dreamed of creating family businesses that would last for generations. Certainly, everyone has seen the stickers and other marketing testifying to a firm's and its founding family's decades of service, and their stability and track record. But in today's constantly changing e-commerce world, a business often must reinvent itself several times in one generation, much less plan to last for several.
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News about lawyers and law firms in the commercial leasing industry.
The Leasing Hotline
Highlights of the latest commercial leasing cases from around the country.
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Subleasing Pointers: The Perspective of a Prime Landlord, Sublandlord, and Subtenant
This three-part article provides a pointers for the Prime Landlord, Sublandlord, and Subtenant to consider when negotiating provisions relating to subleasing.
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In the Spotlight: Things to Think About During Review of a Lease
To review another party's form commercial retail lease adequately and completely, one must analyze all the attached exhibits. Do the exhibits to the lease either supplement the lease or potentially modify its terms and conditions. This article covers: 1) commencement date memorandum; 2) estoppel certificates; 3) exclusives and prohibited uses; and 4) rules and regulations.
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