legal issues
Does cloud computing harbour thunderstorms? Perhaps not, but it introduces legal considerations in several areas, including privacy, contract issues and jurisdiction, says Miller Thomson.
"... some American employers are adding waivers to their agreements that require employees to sue their employers within 6 months of a particular incident. This means that, should you be harassed by your employer for a period of time, and ultimately quit, you will have waived any right to sue unless you bring action from the first date of harassment."
My friend and labour law god Dan McKeown likens the Act to “a big old Victorian house with lots of tiny little rooms.” One such tiny little room is a category called “information technology professionals…[who] work on information systems based on computers and related technology.”
Nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing segments of emerging tech. But, like many cutting-edge sectors, the legal guidelines for doing business in nanotech are still being sorted out. Red Canary talks to a lawyer who specializes in the fine details of tiny technology.
Red Canary talks to Suzie Dingwall Williams to find out how to avoid common legal mishaps committed by growing companies.
Why dotting your 'IP' and circling your 'C's is essential to funding -- two of the T-dot's best tech lawyers talk startups.
Borrowed from the blog Venture Law Lines Suzanne is a partner at Venture Law Associates LLP. "A lot of my work includes compensation – sales incentive plans, executive compensation plans and stock option plan design. So I tend to be a bit of a theory wonk when it comes to compensation strategy."
Venture Lawyer Suzanne Dingwall Williams argues that options with a 4-year vesting period don't make as much sense as they once did. "For those VCs who insist a 4-year vest is consistent with the market, I invite them to pay closer attention to the high tech companies in the US public markets"
I’ve only ever wanted to be a lawyer. The reason may be partly genetic; for the last 240 years (since my ancestors snuck across the border from New York to Canada), the folks in my family have either been doctors or lawyers. Some people wander in the desert; my people bill by the hour.