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by dctoedt 18y ago
Web site privacy policy
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Consulting agreement - master form for possible multiple projects
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Consulting agreement - single project
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A U.S. patent application is normally published 18 months after its filing date (or other priority date). Looks like that's what happened here.
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Blackberry 8700c purchased three years ago, still going strong.
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Sales taxes could be tracked by credit-card companies, which could provide a year-end report of total sales taxes paid, for use in computing federal income tax liability. (Sales taxes were deductible this year, but there's always the questi
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by dctoedt 18y ago
> Has anyone tried an open source/creative commons type licensing and repository for standard legal documents? Does such a thing exist? I'm building something like that at http://www.firstdrafter.com - a freemium site.
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by dctoedt 18y ago
I've found it helpful to keep setting a countdown timer for 15- or 20-minute work intervals and 5-minute "goof off" intervals. That seems to be just enough to overcome inertia. There's a small, inexpensive multi-function timer made by Natio
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by dctoedt 18y ago
> [Many awkward sounding phrases] might be very difficult to understand at first, but their near universal meaning makes them more valuable than writing your own 'clearer' version. The modern trend is unmistakably in favor of plain Engl
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by dctoedt 18y ago
It takes some work, but contracts can be expressed in short, clear sentences and paragraphs. A leading proponent of this style is Ken Adams (see http://www.adamsdrafting.com ), In the interest of promoting "code reuse" by contract drafter
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by dctoedt 18y ago
The courtroom-code analogy is spot on. Convoluted contract language usually comes from not having a lot of time to put together a draft; the result is often the lawyer equivalent of spaghetti code. Trust me, lawyers and judges hate reading
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All-caps text is a relic from the typewriter era -- it's about the only way (other than underlining) that a typewriter can meet a statutory requirement that warranty disclaimers be "conspicuous." Modern drafters, with laser printers and wo
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When bugs metamorphosize
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Another goodie comes to mind: Imagine that in a lawsuit, PG were to have his deposition taken by the other side's lawyers. The lawyer representing PG or his company would almost certainly insist on prepping him beforehand by reviewing with
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by dctoedt 18y ago
As a lawyer, I was both fascinated and horrified by the replay. Imagine a company routinely using EtherPad (really cool, BTW) to create documents -- in the process saving thousands if not millions of interim drafts. Now imagine the company
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by dctoedt 18y ago
As a comparative newbie programmer, I find the occasional piece like today's "PHP vs. Ruby" to be useful. It's hard to grasp all the nuances of a subject by simply reading the documentation, so seeing different viewpoints, spaced out over t
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Don't forget to stir in another factor: Localized conflicts would soon break out over scarce food and other resources, It's an interesting question whether the people most likely to prevail in such conflicts (and thus most likely to avoid
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I'm not certain that a Creator exists, but in view of the available evidence, it seems like a not-unreasonable bet -- depending of course on what the stakes are. (The degree of confidence you want in any Proposition X will depend in part on
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One question to ask is whether your product or service is even patentable in the first instance. Ask your lawyer about the court decision in the Bilski case, http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/07-1130.pdf , which put some pretty tough r
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It's mostly a great post, but the author's first suggestion -- never let the other side draft the contract -- is a good way to kill a big-company deal in its cradle. For reasons good and bad, big companies often insist on using their paper.