Indonesian monkey above left, sorry. The US Copyright Office says the selfies you took in 2011 after grabbing British nature photographer David Slater's camera and snapping hundreds of pictures of yourself (he apparently liked the sound the camera made when taking a picture) does not...
According to Canada's Globe and Mail, the Canadian Bar Association has recommended allowing non-lawyers to be owners of law firms. England has allowed it since 2007, and Australia also has firms owned by non-lawyers. In fact three Australian law firms are publicly held companies. This is not...
Lessons from "Downton Abbey's" Lady Mary Crawley I admit to being somewhat addicted to the wonderful PBS series Downton Abbey. In the early 1920s, the fictional Lady Mary (played by actress Michelle Dockery above) inherits a 50% stake in the sprawling English manor of her ancestry. Always...
In my latest book, The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook (John Wiley & Sons/Bloomberg Press), I note nine key personality traits I believe make it more likely you will succeed as an entrepreneur. One key attribute to help you build something substantial: being a macromanager. What is...
In 2001, a group led by OJ Simpson trial attorney Robert Shapiro tried something new. An online site for average folks to inexpensively access legal documents, form a business or make a will. Today LegalZoom is apparently over a $100 million a year business, according...