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Top 10 Legal Mistakes for Technology Companies

How many times have you relied on the legal hearsay of a colleague or anecdotal advice instead of seeking proper legal counsel for your business? Ever used a contract that was drawn up for another purpose or company, thinking it would suit your needs? Read More...

Even With the Best of Intentions

Have you ever entered into a work arrangement with a partner/consultant/vendor without a proper legal document outlining what each party is responsible for? I know I have. It's easy to do. Most people start out with the best of intentions, but things Read More...

There's Often a Price to Pay for Lowest Cost

David Canton (London, ON., Lawyer) When negotiating an agreement for the purchase of goods or services, some buyers try to get the vendor down to the lowest possible price. That may not be the best approach, however, because it can affect the quality Read More...

[Guest Blogger] Springing Forward

Less than a week to go - are you ready? Sunday morning at 2 am, those of us in Canada and the US will forward our clocks, get an extra hour of waking daylight time, and save money on electricity. There an bound to be a few hiccups - alarm clocks that Read More...

New Year's Privacy Resolutions

I have just finished reading through all of my unread RSS feeds and came across this one from David Canton, one of our guest bloggers. With his permission I want to share the following with you to make sure that as an IT Manager you are not negatively Read More...

Legal Matters IT Managers Need to Be Aware Of - Part 2/2

Yesterday we looked at some of the legal issues IT Managers need to be aware of. Today we look at the second half of the list. E-Business Transactions Transactional Web sites need to be designed to reflect electronic commerce laws, privacy laws, and consumer Read More...

Bill Gates, Future of the Desktop, new Guest Bloggers, EnergizeIT - there's a lot happening at Microsoft

The title says it all!! The past couple of weeks, and the week ahead of us, have seen some great things happening at Microsoft. Obviously the big news was the Bill Gates announcement ( http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.mspx Read More...

Legal Matters IT Managers Need to Be Aware Of - Part 1/2

IT Managers need to be aware of legal issues that can affect them. A few of those issues are summarized here. Software Licensing Software vendors, and software organizations, such as the business software alliance (BSA) or the Canadian alliance against Read More...

Guest Blogger - David Canton

David Canton is a business lawyer and trade-mark agent with a practice focusing on technology issues. David practices with Harrison Pensa LLP in London Ontario, and has been quoted in publications including the CBA National magazine, Law Times, Canadian Read More...