Arborlaw

News, book and blog reviews, and full-length articles on legal issues affecting entrepreneurs and small companies. Topics include startups, copyright and trademark issues, Internet law, commercializing technology, contracts, venture capital, outsourcing, closely held corporations, real estate, information technology transactions, and issues involving the management of employees and contractors hired to create intellectual property assets.

Author: Carol Shepherd is a commercial transactions and business attorney in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Contracts • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Trademark Law • Internet Law • Law Practice Management • Outsourcing • Media & Communications Law • Tax Law • States • Michigan • Solo / Small Firm • Business Law

Recent Posts from Arborlaw

Ann Arbor “Near North” Project — NeNOT
I live in one of Ann Arbor’s most vibrant, diverse and eclectic residential neighborhoods, called North Central. Three Oaks, a developer group, purchased several houses on speculation for a planned-unit development (PUD) which in its…
New Michigan Foreclosure Law Signed on May 21, 2009
Governor Jennifer Granholm signed a new Michigan law modifying foreclosure and loan modification rights (2009-PA-0029, 2009-PA-0030, 2009-PA-0031) to help financially distressed homeowners on May 21, 2009. The new foreclosure law takes effect on July 5,…
MusicBizCamp Hits Detroit Independent Music Scene During Movement ‘09
I’ll be speaking at the Detroit MusicBizCamp ‘Unconference’ next week about mistakes not to make: http://bit.ly/uCI8I Link to MusicBizCamp here. The mission of MusicBizCamp is to jump-start education for “new jobs for a new music…
Can An Employment Contract Be Rewritten?
With massive layoffs, Wall Street bonuses, and employment contracts in the news, many people are taking a close look at their own employment contracts for the first time and focusing on new concerns and questions…
Copyright Office Fees To Increase On August 1, 2009
The Copyright Office released a report on March 15, 2009 that provides for increases in several fees, citing rising labor costs and current budget constraints. While the cost of basic online copyright registration (eCO) for…
No Worker Left Behind: Green Jobs Initiative
As part of the No Worker Left Behind law [PDF], Michigan has created a Green Jobs Initiative which provides statewide, regional and local resources and training opportunities in alternative energy, green building and construction and…
AP Will Become The RIAA Of Print Media?
The Associated Press (AP) announced Monday, April 6, 2009 that it is launching an initiative to control the online use of content created by its newspaper members. The association’s plan is to aggressively seek licensing…
Why Aren’t Wall Street CEO’s Forced To Resign?
This blog focuses on the concerns of hard-working ordinary people creating new companies and new ideas. They want to sell these products and services globally, but let’s face it, prosperity begins at home. Sometimes it’s…
AIG Financial Products Corporation 2008 Employee Retention Plan - PDF
Courtesy of Rep. Barney Frank and the New York Times’ Dealbook: a copy of the AIG Financial Products Corporation 2008 Employee Retention Plan (aka the “AIG contract”). Copyright © 2009 a r b o r…
AIG Bonuses: Contracts, Baby, Contracts.
I stated in the previous post that “Contracts are good.” I didn’t, however, say that contracts were sacrosanct or could never be broken (or that you can wave the word “Contract!!” like a magic wand,…