Due Diligence and the High-Technology Client ▲ | ||
AbstractThis essay provides an understandable overview of legal due diligence, as both a concept and a process. The author describes the step-by-step procedure that is required of counsel for a high-technology company with respect to due diligence. | agreement attorney client company counsel diligence investigation product technology transaction Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 1 | |
Labor Relations Considerations For the New High-Technology Company ▲ | ||
, , and AbstractThis essay provides practical advice and insights into labor relation considerations unique to high-technology companies. | company employee employer employment labor management personnel relation state union Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 19 | |
Due Diligence as a Two-Eedged Sword: Potential Liability of Venture Capitalists Funding High-Tech Start-Ups ▲ | ||
and AbstractThe authors present an indepth discussion of the potential liability of venture capital firms which finance high-technology start-up companies. This article sets forth a logical and sequential description of the processes and liabilities involved. Utilization of a hypothetical enables the authors to provide prospective high-technology company financiers with a detailed, informative guide. Relevant statutory and case laws, and their application to the liability of venture capital firms are discussed in detail. | alphabetic company diligence fantastic information liability market secret trade venture Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 41 | |
Cost Effectiveness and Legal Compliance: An Analysis of Securities Law Compliance For the Start-Up Company ▲ | ||
AbstractThis article outlines the decisions involved in choosing a conservative or liberal approach to federal securities law compliance. The article suggests that a cost-benefit approach is valid in this context. The article then discusses the attorney's role in counseling the start-up client to determine the degree of compliance which will achieve the client's goals. | business client company compliance disclosure exemption issuer offering section security Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 69 | |
Deducting High-Technology Start-Up Expenditures ▲ | ||
AbstractUnder section 195 of the Internal Revenue Code, business start-up expenses receive less favorable tax treatment than ordinary expenses incurred in an established business. The doctrine that prevents start-ups from deducting current expenditures places them at a distinct disadvantage with respect to businesses already in existence. The author examines this disparate treatment and the inconsistencies inherent in the application of current tax rules in this area. The author strongly criticizes the current standards used to determine the definition and duration of the start-up period, and argues for a more liberal approach towards start-up businesses, particularly in the area of high-technology. | activity business court deduction expenditure expense incurred section taxpayer trade Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 91 | |
Express Specifications Warranties For Manufacturing Purchases: The Essential Contract Right in the Age of Quality ▲ | ||
and AbstractThe author focuses on specifications warranties of quality as they apply to modern electronics manufacturers. The need for warranties is reevaluated in the light of new technological developments. Traditional express and implied warranties have failed to meet the needs of modern quality manufacturers, so the express warranty of quality under the U.C.C. plays an integral part. | buyer callaghan component express product quality seller specification u.c.c warranty Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 141 | |
Enforceability of Box-Top Licenses: A Proposal to End the Dilemma ▲ | ||
AbstractThis comment discusses problems stemming from the use of box-top licenses with computer software. The interests of the software developer and the consumer are examined and a legislative solution is proposed. | computer consumer developer disclosure license product program right software term Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 171 | |
Digidyne Corp. v. Data General Corp., 734 F.2d 1336 (9th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 105 S. Ct. 3534 ▲ | ||
| court district economic general market plaintiff power product software tying Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 195 | ||
People v. Gobal,171 Cal. App. 3d 524, 217 Cal. Rptr. 487 (1st Dist. 1985) ▲ | ||
| court secret trade Volume 2 Issue 1 Page 207 | ||
Assembly Bill No. 1507: A Legislator's Personal Perspective ▲ | ||
| buyer computer industry manufacturer product remedy seller warranty Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 211 | ||
A Response on Behalf of the Computer Industry to Assembly Bill No. 1507 ▲ | ||
| and | buyer computer hardware manufacturer product program purpose seller software warranty Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 223 | |
Computer Professional Malpractice ▲ | ||
AbstractIn this essay the author exposes the inadequate protection that existing legal remedies provide purchasers of computer systems and explores the bases for a new cause of action of computer professional malpractice as a logical extension of professional malpractice liability. | claim computer court malpractice plaintiff professional purchaser software system vendor Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 239 | |
Computer Malfunctions - What Damages May be Recovered in a Tort Product Liability Action ▲ | ||
AbstractThe author presents an indepth analysis of tort products liability for defective and malfunctioning computers and computerized equipment with a focus on recoverability of economic loss. Also presented is a cohesive approach to current case law involving tort recovery for injury or loss caused by computer defects and malfunctions. | computer court damage defect economic liability losse product property recovery Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 271 | |
Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace: Technology, Law and Policy ▲ | ||
and AbstractThe authors discuss in detail the technology and limitations of various drug detection methods and the numerous laws that affect employer investigations of drug and alcohol use by employees. Privacy rights, search and seizure law, surveillance methods, medical and arrest records are discussed. Also presented is an analysis of current and pending legislation in this area. | alcohol court drug employee employer policy privacy right state testing Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 305 | |
Software Protection: Practical and Legal Steps to Protect and Market Computer Programs ▲ | ||
| software Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 389 | ||
E.F. Johnson Co. v. Uniden Corporation of America, 623 F. Supp. 1485 (D. Minn. 1985) ▲ | ||
| computer copyrighted court program radio software system uniden Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 417 | ||
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