Darren Caesar - 12/01/2010  An employee of a service company client increased the monthly charges to their clients by .25 cents and deposited this amount into his Pay Pal account - $45K in total. It brought to mind the movie “Office Space” where the plot often celebrates employee dishonesty – from willful destruction of property to outright thef

    Darren Caesar - 8/18/2010 While employment figures and consumer demand remain weak, there are areas where businesses are investing and growth is taking place. Demand and sales for electronic equipment repair and sales is increasing. What does this mean for businesses?Employees: Higher demand in this portion of the economy, could result in j

I recently had an experience that caused me a great deal of anxiety and concern. Do the FTC Rules apply if a Blackberry is stolen? I was in the San Francisco airport returning from a meeting, and had just purchased a book, magazine, and couple of trinkets for my three daughters. I had thrown my Blackberry in my bag and set it in the open seat n

Darren Caesar - 1/15/2010 Imagine you have the best idea. You are the next Facebook, the next iPhone, the new self-driving car that runs on carbon dioxide and emits only oxygen and diamonds. You were first. It’s your baby. You’ve got the patent to prove it. With an idea that good, you know someone is going to claim they came up with it first. S

Darren Caesar - 7/27/2010     Recently I wrote an article on the subject of Cyber Liability insurance (link here).  As mentioned in the article.  “…according to the 2009 FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 71% of American companies endanger their financial stability by not having insurance that will cover Internet liability. Almost every

Lou Albertini - 7/8/2010   In late 2007, a competitor sued one of our clients for hiring three of their employees. The complaint alleged that the company engaged in “Patent Infringement, Breach of Contract, Breach of Loyalty, Intentional Interference with Contract and Unfair Competition.”  Fortunately, the client, a privately held company, under