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One of our insurance companies sends us a letter every year asking us a series of questions about whether anything has changed in our firm. Have we opened any new locations? Do we still use the same computer programs and stationary? Does Carrie still… Read More

For one day in 2010, the British online-gaming store GameStation changed the terms and conditions that customers had to click through to complete their purchase to include this: “By placing an order via this GameStation Web site … you agree to gr… Read More

After 11 years of litigation—the largest trial judgment in Georgia history, three published decisions from the Court of Appeals, two denied petitions for writs certiorari by the Georgia Supreme Court, one published decision from the Georgia Supreme… Read More

Several large Silicon Valley companies, including Apple and Google, are defendants in an antitrust class-action lawsuit because they agreed not to hire each other’s employees. The defendants struck their anti-poaching deals so they wouldn’t lose… Read More

We recently were looking to hire a company to provide a service to our firm. There were several that looked promising. We met. We talked. And for the ones that we liked, we asked them to send us a copy of their contract. Then the decision about which… Read More

In honor of Mother’s Day this coming weekend, I thought I would tell you that before you sign your next contract, you should ask yourself whether my mother would understand it. If the answer isn’t yes, then you shouldn’t sign it. A written cont… Read More

Q: How do I know when I should get a lawyer to prepare or review a contract? A: Imagine the worst-case scenario of everything going wrong once you sign that contract. Figure out what that will cost you. If you’re OK with losing that amount of money… Read More

When Apple developed its first laptop computer in 1989, they called it the Macintosh Portable. Sales were less than stellar. After a redesign, Apple rechristened the Portable as the PowerBook, and sales took off. Read More