When you drafted your master services agreement (MSA), you should have spent some time thinking through what would happen in the event that either party defaulted on payment or performance. While this...
Are My Documents Safe in the Cloud?
The cloud is a beautiful abstraction for data stored out of sight that obscures the reality of rows and racks of servers in huge data facilities all over the world. Putting your data in the cloud mean...
Ransomware: What is it and what does it do?
Today’s cybercriminal has come up with a creative away to steal your information and get your money – ransomware. While there are many different types of ransomware, they all operate by preventing...
Bitcoin: What Is It? Is it legal?
Bitcoin is a virtual currency that’s not backed by any national government that is gaining in popularity. While most notably used for black-market transactions, some companies, such as Virgin Galact...
Using Digital Signatures
If your business uses a lot of contracts and you are sending and sharing them online, you’re probably using either digital or electronic signatures. Some software programs, such as Acrobat, may repr...
The Advantages of Getting a Trademark
Creating a new business or product can be exciting. You’re full of the energy and promise of the future and you or your marketing team have come up with some amazing branding for your new venture. Y...
Best Practices in Safeguarding Digital Client Information
Gone are the days of the good old attorney who didn’t understand the demands and uses of digital information. Now, all attorneys are expected to be up to speed on electronic records and, more import...
New Patent Troll Law in Minnesota
Minnesota has recently passed legislation prohibiting bad-faith assertions of patents held by patent trolls. And what exactly are patent trolls? Small and midsize business owners are too often confron...
How to Respond to a Data Breach
The Cybersecurity Unit of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recommends that “organizations should have a plan in place for handling computer intrusions before an intrusion occurs. During an intru...
Fair Use of Online Copyrighted Materials
According to the U.S. Copyright Office, copyright is a form of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as p...