a3camero

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by a3camero 11y ago
Always happy to chat about legal tech: addison@cameronhuff.com.
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by a3camero 11y ago
Who made the form agreements that you're using? You might be able to find a lawyer willing to supply you with these documents and also attach their name to them. That way your clients could have some confidence in the documents. There
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by a3camero 11y ago
"Legal advice" vs. "legal information" vs. "project management"/"clerical work"/"administrative work". Legal assistants are often carrying out the instructions of lawyers. I'v
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by a3camero 11y ago
Becoming a Contract Programmer in Canada: http://www.cameronhuff.com/blog/becoming-a-contract-programm... .
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by a3camero 11y ago
This has already started to happen in Canada: www.CanLII.org.
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by a3camero 11y ago
Have you discussed this with a lawyer who specializes in these kinds of agreements? Eric Goldman has written extensively on these types of amendment clauses (and has a very unfavourable opinion of them): http://blog.ericgoldman.o
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by a3camero 12y ago
It's actually even better than that because there's also a national program that pays up to 35% of R&D salaries: http://www.cameronhuff.com/blog/ontario-tax-credits-for-soft... . There are hundreds of smal
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by a3camero 12y ago
Very, very few people have been awarded visas under this program. This article from two months ago says that in the 21 months the program had been running only five people were accepted: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/ca
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by a3camero 12y ago
The key is that this is lawyer-driven not employee driven. Lawyers drive class actions and they typically get a (large) percentage of the settlement. Those 64000 employees won't have much of a say in this.
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by a3camero 12y ago
There are a lot of ideas that are great and people will say they love them. There are very few ideas that are great and people will pay for. The real test of these people you talked to is whether they will pay and not whether they like it.
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by a3camero 12y ago
I'm a lawyer and the developer behind a Canadian unbundled legal service site: flatlaw.ca. It can be a great way to get what you want if you know what you need. If you're fairly knowledgeable about your legal needs then it can be
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by a3camero 12y ago
If you want to do patents then a technical background is almost a prerequisite and it's very useful.
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by a3camero 12y ago
I think the demand for tech lawyers is proportional to how large the tech industry is in your area. You might be surprised to find that demand for people with programming + law isn't as great as the demand for people with just programm
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by a3camero 12y ago
Hey, I went to a firm right after studying because in Canada you're required to (it's called "articling"). I run a few online services and it's certainly possible to do that while working other jobs. Maybe you could
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by a3camero 12y ago
I've had two parallel paths: 1. Starting doing programming for pay in high school ---> continued working throughout school 2. Biomedical Sciences degree -> Law degree -> Lawyer
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by a3camero 12y ago
I'm a technology lawyer in Toronto, Canada. I got my job by starting my own law practice after working at a large tech company + a large law firm. Most lawyers work at firms for several years (or forever) instead of doing their own thi
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by a3camero 12y ago
The credit card companies don't actually don't give up part of their 3%. Chargebacks are up to the merchant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargeback_fraud .
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by a3camero 13y ago
I don't have a guitar but I can tap on my desk, and that seems to result in random notes. Maybe there's a way to improve the detection so it knows it's a guitar note?
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by a3camero 13y ago
It offers to match you with people in the same "class". Class is verboten in Canada/US unless it's "the middle class". There's probably a nicer way to say that.
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by a3camero 13y ago
Here's a link to the guide that Ontario doctors use to figure out how much to charge for health care provided to the uninsured (i.e. non-Canadians): http://oscarresourceplone.oscartools.org/OntarioBilling/omat... . It's not a price list, b
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by a3camero 14y ago
Oh no, I agree entirely. I'd say this is proof that you can't buy a world class university although time will tell. They haven't been around long enough to establish a reputation.
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by a3camero 14y ago
You can find these types of department stores in Japan: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2072.html This 2011 article about JCP's new strategy also discusses Japanese department stores: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articlei
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by a3camero 14y ago
Go see the sea lions: http://www.pier39.com/SeaLion/sea_lion_webcam.htm
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by a3camero 14y ago
"If you want a top-tier university go and buy one" You mean like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Abdullah_University_of_Sci... $10 billion endowment: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1204482... .
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by a3camero 14y ago
For anyone who'd like to read more about transfer pricing, here are the OECD guidelines that tax lawyers/accoutants use: http://people.f3.htw-berlin.de/Professoren/vonWuntsch/downlo... . You'll see these cited in every international transf
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by a3camero 14y ago
I emailed tclamattack about this posting inquiring about him doing some work and he seems pretty on the level. To do some promotion for him, here's his company page: http://pitbot.net .
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by a3camero 14y ago
1. Speeding up computers. Removing spyware/uninstalling programs people don't need is always in demand. 2. Making websites for local businesses that don't have one yet. In high school I traded a website for a cake a month from a new cake sh
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by a3camero 14y ago
It's more about using previously tested blocks of language. Here's a good example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya_clause Or the drafter may not be a very good writer! It's easy to fall back on legalese instead of taking the time to
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by a3camero 14y ago
I made this with a friend at AngelHack Toronto a few months ago. Is this a service you'd use? Improvements?
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