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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Much of the law in the area of contract disputes comes from construction contracts. As anyone who has ever been involved in construction knows, there is a good reason for this, as any number of things can go wrong when two parties sign a construction contract. There can be missed payments, poor construction, late construction, unfinished projects or negligent performance, to name a few of the problem areas. In this post, we mention some of the damage types that are available for parties aggrieved in a construction contract. Cost-to-complete damages – These damages are available when one side stops working, and the other is forced to turn to another company to finish construction. The aggrieved side may be able to recoup the money that it had to pay someone else to finish what the breaching side failed to do. Consequential damages – These damages are consequences of the contract breach….
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Artists may run across the so-called “poor man’s copyright” in their search for how to protect their works, which fall under the copyright area of intellectual property law. The idea behind the poor man’s copyright is to cheaply guarantee protection for your work so that, if you have to prove that something is originally your idea, you have evidence. The process is that you put your work into a sealed envelope, mail it to yourself and then keep the work unsealed in the envelope. The post-stamped envelope then supposedly serves as proof that you had the original work as of the date on the envelope. Unfortunately, this is not an effective way of guaranteeing your copyright. For one, a person can fake this pretty easily. For example, you could mail yourself an unsealed envelope and then seal whatever you want inside of it at a later date. In a court…
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What was set to be the blockbuster business deal of the year is officially no longer a deal at all. Last week, AT&T called off its $39 billion attempted acquisition of T-Mobile USA. AT&T had high hopes for the merger, as it would have relieved some of the network congestion that iPhone users experience. AT&T called it off after fierce opposition from the Justice Department and the Obama Administration. The Justice Department sued in August to stop the deal. In response, AT&T offered several concessions like selling off more than a quarter of T-Mobile’s customers to another, smaller wireless competitor, but the Justice Department did not budge. AT&T had hoped the deal would have improved network access for its customers. Consumer advocates, on the other hand, feared a monopoly at the top of the wireless market. AT&T has 100 million wireless subscribers, just behind Verizon’s 107 million. If you had…
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