Okay, so you think you are knowledgeable when it comes to investing your hard earned dollars. After all, you read the Wall Street Journal faithfully every day and on Sundays you review Barron’s to get a leg up on your ...
Read More »Don't let your office supplies become overhead
We are still talking about “tips” in the area of billing. You will remember there are five areas that make up every business in the world, they are as follows: “Clients” or “customers”; “Administration”; “Getting the work done”; “Billing”; and ...
Read More »Using debt to help grow your wealth
When many people hear “liabilities management” they think of managing excessive consumer debt or poor credit ratings. Others may think of corporate or institutional balance sheet management. However, for affluent investors, liabilities management can be an integral part of an ...
Read More »Legal ADvice – Microsoft's copyright suits protect market share
Wasn’t it Bill Gates who quipped, “What’s good for Microsoft is good for the country?” If not, he might as well, for its software is more a part of our lives than ever were the cars and trucks of General ...
Read More »Inns of Court – From England to the U.S.
Shrouded in the mystery of medieval times and woven into the fabric of the common law are the English Inns of Court. These Inns serve as they have since at least the 14th century, as small, local universities of law. ...
Read More »What are viruses, worms and trojans?
Quite simply, viruses, worms, and Trojan horses are damage-causing programs. They can damage your computer and/or information on your computer, slow down your Internet surfing and might even use your computer to spread themselves to your friends, family, co-workers, and ...
Read More »Finance – Insurance needs of early retirees
Workers retiring early typically worry about how much they’ll have to stretch their limited retirement dollars so as not to run out of money. That’s certainly an important concern. But many early retirees overlook another major issue: adequate insurance, particularly ...
Read More »Police dog search decisions demonstrate dual doctrines
State constitutional provisions may be construed more broadly to afford greater rights to citizens than their counterpart provisions of the federal Constitution. Never was this notion more evident than in a recent ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in a ...
Read More »Hope Springs Eternal
After spending hours and hours writing this month’s column on the subject of tort reform and workers’ compensation reform, I have decided to set that article aside and write about Spring. It is, hopefully, a safer subject. Bill Northrip, an ...
Read More »Billing your clients for the postage they use
This week’s article is yet another article providing “tips” in the area of billing. “Billing,” as you will remember, is the fourth area of the five areas that make up every business in the world. The other areas are: “Clients” ...
Read More »New realities and expectations for nonprofit governance
During the last few years, the issues of ethics and accountability in governance have risen to prominence in both the for-profit and not-for-profit communities. Sparked by high-profile incidents of mismanagement – and in some cases malfeasance – government regulators have ...
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