ABA Section of Business Law
January/February 2001 (Volume 10, Number 3)
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Business Law Today
Volume 10, Number 3 January/February 2001
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Top 10 legal mistakes of early-stage tech companies
By JAMES J. GREENBERGER
Itís all a dot.com world, or so the conventional wisdom goes these days. If thatís true, then the new companies can hardly do anything wrong. Uh, wrong. The author shows they can mess things up if theyíre not careful and gives us a Top 10 list to prove it.
It's time to talk turkey
Seller strategies to prevent a buyer from wriggling away
By FREDRIC D. TANNENBAUM and MARILYN S. SPRACKER
So how, exactly, should you negotiate a letter of intent and a definitive agreement? The author lays out a point-by-point guide, from the sellerís perspective.
From Karen Silkwood to the ABA presidency
A profile of Bill Paul
By GARRETT ORDOWER
He had one of the highest profile cases in recent times. Karen Silkwood vs. Kerr-McGee. He represented the company and won. Later, he became the president of the ABA, 1999-2000. A look at a career in the law.
An idea whose time has come:
Patenting software and business methods
Culmination of a 25-year debate
By PETER TOREN
Should patents be granted for business methods as well as software? Some say the door was opened in a 1998 case, but the author says it all began much earlier.
The click heard round the world
By SHEILA M. RYAN and JOHN M. BAGBY
Amazonís one-click technology gets a patent and Silicon Valley wins a big one.
Intellectual Property Section comments on patenting business methods [
A tough act to follow
How to deal with the Investment Company Act of 1940
By VICTOR SICLARI
A piece of legislation 60 years old continues to govern the structuring of financing arrangements in the asset-backed market. An updated examination of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Getting help with ADR
A guide to the main players
By BARBARA DAWSON and MICHELE L. STEVENSON
Alternative dispute resolution is here, like it or not. If itís written into one of your contracts, where do you go for expert help when the time comes? A guide to who does what.
Class actions across the border
A new kind of litigation comes to Ontario
By STEVEN F. ROSENHEK
A map-like background shows eastern Canada, more or less (Ontario). A couple mounties are trying to stop a large PC batch of people (a ìclassî re. class actions) at the courthouse steps, who are led by a few PC suits with briefcases. (their lawyers)
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