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July 3rd, 2008

The Top Causes Of Truck Accidents

Truck drivers frequently are the victim of a bad reputation. They are commonly seen as being reckless individuals who gun down smaller cars with their vehicular behemoths. Their 80,000 pound vehicles cover millions of miles a year. They move large quantities of goods every day and are an integral part of commerce in the United States but are still seen as being dangerous. This is most likely due to the unsafe drivers of the past. Trucking companies, in recent years, have improved the safety of 18-wheelers in recent years but there are still an alarming number of accidents. In addition, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates that 1 out of every 20 truck drivers, or 5%, will be involved in accident.

February 5th, 2008

Offshore Company Formation - Slogan Of Modern Times

Offshore company formation has plenty of benefits, for the company as well as the country in which the company is being formed. It gives companies a wonderful opportunity to expand their horizons, if they capture a new market and get involved in activities which would earn them goodwill. Goodwill, it must be said, is like oxygen for any business enterprise. It would not be an overstatement to say that a unit can function without money but certainly cannot function without approval from people in whose land it has to come up. Quite a few business houses, and big ones for that matter, have faced closure because of lack of public approval.

October 12th, 2007

A Real Estate Lawyer Does More Than Assist With Closures

A real estate lawyer also handles disputes that may arise between a landlord and tenant. Wrongful evictions, damage to rental property and accidents on a persons property are other types of cases that a real estate lawyer handles.

If a mortgage company is sold to another party, then a real estate lawyer can assist a person desiring to get a lien released. If a contract is not honored, a real estate lawyer can also help one get out of a signed contract. Cases like this would be if a landlord agrees to a set monthly payment for a set number of years yet tries to increase your lease payments before your lease has expired. A real estate lawyer can either settle the dispute by notifying the landlord that he has to abide by his contract or if you wish to be absolved of the lease then a real estate lawyer can help to remove your contractual obligations.

October 4th, 2007

Keys To Dismantling An Expert Witness

Television and movies have colored the opinions of millions of people regarding the inner workings of a trial and the techniques routinely used by lawyers. In truth, a director of a television show has a limited amount of time to hold an audience captive and keep viewers tuned in. Although many attorneys would do well to abridge their own, often long-winded presentations, it’s just not possible to perform meaningfully in a few short minutes.

Usually, a lawyer in a movie comes out breathing hellfire from the opening salvo of a cross-examination to the moment he sits down four minutes later. This just isn’t practical in the real world.

October 4th, 2007

Misleading Free Criminal Background Check Services Exposed

The truth is most online investigation services on the internet that claim to offer a free criminal background check do not always deliver on their promises. They are just using a marketing tactic to attract potential customers. Many services just automatically generate a response based on information you placed in their online search form. The only information you get is what was automatically generated. You will have to purchase the service for the full report.

September 24th, 2007

Patent Citation Data For Competitive Intelligence

Patents are most comprehensive and well documented technological and competitive information source. The most important is that it freely accessible through internet. Studies of technological change constitute a field of growing importance and sophistication. Just as it does in scientific papers, citation plays an important role in the patents field. The inventor uses it to indicate the stage of technology previously reached, upon which his invention improves. However, a patent examiner may find patents that could counter-indicate granting of a patent and ‘oppose’ the application. These citations are usually included in databases under ‘Referenced Patents ‘or ‘Referenced Literature’.

September 22nd, 2007

Getting A Second Opinion

Can doctors be trusted? Some doctors know more about our bodies then we do. But doctors are not super humans! They make mistakes just as much as anyone else so, it is best to get a second opinion. I should know I became a victim of being misdiagnosed but thanks to my wife, for being a medical assistant, we got a second opinion.

September 17th, 2007

Trademark A Name – How To Register A Trademark For Your Business

So, you finally settled on the perfect name for your product or service – it describes the business without being overly descriptive, it tells your customers exactly what you want them to know and it’s catchy. That’s fantastic! Finding just the right name is vitally important to the success of any product line or service.

Is it required that I register my trademark?

No, not at all. However, registering your trademark, specifically your Federal trademark, does provide you with several advantages:

  • The right to use the circle-R symbol as notice to the public about your Federal trademark

September 14th, 2007

Selecting Business Names And Intellectual Property Law

Whether a software license agreement is properly constructed for a transaction depends on a range of factors. Of course, management of intellectual property rights for the copyright owner is a key area for close consideration. This entails defining the territory – usually countries - for the use of the software.

Software Development Contracts

September 13th, 2007

Contracts That Work! Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy
In one of his Nero Wolfe novels, Rex Stout writes that: “(B)ankruptcy is not a disgrace; it is merely a catastrophe.” Wolfe and his redoubtable assistant Archie Goodwin then proceed to find a wealthy client embroiled in a perplexing murder. Wolfe had an unfair advantage – the author of the story was on his side. He therefore caught, or made, all the breaks needed to break the case, and recover his solvency. For the rest of us, bankruptcy is not resolved so neatly.


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