Business Law Archive

Employment at will is a very common practice. In fact, if potential employees read applications very carefully, it is typically stated on the application. It is probably one of the least understood practices of the …

A major concern for artists of all kinds is the artistic integrity of their work. Finding out that their work has been reproduced without their permission is an extremely distressing experience for an artist. Between …

A quitclaim deed is a document that conveys whatever interest a grantor holds in a piece of real property to the grantee, but without making any claims or containing any warranties by the grantor concerning …

Copyright changes constantly with new technology introduced.  What are the rights of artists, designers, painters, illustrators, and photographers?   What is covered under the visual arts copyright?  It applies to fixed art and design:  brochures, illustrations, …

Constitutional law defines government, parliamentary and public power. As such, it affects every citizen. Put very simply it defines and limits the power that governments, ministers, public officials and local authorities have. Constitutional law determines …

Have you ever written a newsletter article, blog item or term paper and found a really witty quote that you just had to include? Whether your piece is published on paper or on the Internet …

The Copyright Act (DMCA), signed into law on October 28, 1998, amended the United States Copyright Act, Title 17 of the U.S. Code provides specific legal protections to Internet Service Providers (ISP) with certain legal protections, …

The Anti-Price Discrimination Act, better known as the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, is a United States federal law that prohibits price discrimination. Price discrimination refers to the unethical and illicit act of transacting different prices …

Today, more than at any time in our history, we are increasingly bombarded with a barrage of information coming to us via our inboxes offering anything from pyramid schemes to the various fraudulent schemes all …

You have written an award winning article or a prize-winning short story, and when you Google it to show it off to your friends, copies of your work shows up within the returned results, under …

On June 30, 2010 the U.S. federal government made a major move towards combating copyright infringement and began to put Internet movie pirates out of business when several popular websites that allegedly share illegal movie …

The purpose of commercial contracts is to define the elements of the deal, and to set out the rights, obligations and remedies available to the parties in case something goes wrong. However, it can be …

When a person takes a close look at ADA, otherwise known as Americans With Disabilities Act laws, they might question if the person or people who wrote those laws was really disabled or not, and …

Health and safety is an important area regarding the protection of workers’ rights and in most countries, including in the United States, there are multiple legislations that are used to tackle the issues associated with …