Unintended consequences

While reading the news today, I came across an article talking about credit card companies unilaterally deciding to change their interest rates and or credit limits for certain customers. The unintended consequence of a credit card company changing your credit limit is something known as your “credit utilization ratio” - how much you’re currently borrowing [...]

Deal Coder

My Macintosh-geekery is pretty extensive.  I’ve got a solid collection of Apple-related paraphernalia, computers, advertising pieces, etcetera.  Amongst the collection are about a hundred shirts (I’m not exaggerating here, ask my wife).  One of them is relatively recent and it’s one of the few that I wear, as the rest are pretty old.
This particular shirt [...]

Law School Advice

I mention it from time to time, but I don’t usually dwell on the fact that I went to law school.  It was a fine education, and I had a good experience (no “hiding the book” type stuff - besides, doesn’t everyone realize if you’re the only one with the answer, everyone’s going to know [...]

When licensing goes kaflooie

I believe in technology licensing… I really do.
I also believe that we’re going to eventually need an overhaul of our intellectual property system on a global scale.
Why, you ask? Simple.
The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing topics on a regular basis, Jeffrey Gordon attempts to offer [...]

Timing is everything in your purchase

So it’s no secret than I’m an Apple fan… and they released the new iPhone 3G yesterday. On dozens of message boards across the world, people are actually complaining that they own a 2G iPhone (the original model) and that Apple won’t upgrade them to the 3G for free.
WHAT?!?
Do we expect this kind of treatment [...]

Force Majeure for the 21st Century

Chadwick Busk over on his blog “The Fine Print:  Musings of a Corporate Contracts Lawyer”, has a great post on the changes needed in your standard force majeure clause to deal with issues from the new millennium.
“Either party’s non-performance of this Agreement shall be excused to the extent that it is caused by any of [...]

Negotiate, or someone will do it for you.

Waggoner v Wal-Mart
“Before the Court in the above-entitled and styled cause of action… the parties are unable to agree if the deposition of Wal-Mart’s corporate representative should occur in San Antonio, Texas or in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The Court is sympathetic with Defendant’s argument. Surely Defendant’s corporate representative, a resident of Arkansas, would feel great humiliation [...]

Need a Contracts Guy?

Experienced manager, contract negotiator, author and all-around nice guy seeks enlightened company who knows how to take advantage of these skills.
Resume available upon request, but if you’re reading this, you already know what he can do.
Please direct inquiries via e-mail.

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Welcome Northwestern University and Franklin Pierce Law Center!

I found out a few months ago that the Software Licensing Handbook had been selected to be one of the textbooks at the Franklin Pierce Law Center… and a few days later, also at Northwestern University in one of their masters’ curricula!
I couldn’t be more ecstatic - I am so happy that to know that [...]

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