— J. Tomás Delaney L. On October 8, 2000, the television comedy series “Ed” premiered in the United States. The premise of the show was that a successful lawyer, named Ed Stevens, was fired from a prestigious law firm in New York because of a grammatical error and returns to his small home-town in Ohio, … More The Cost of Ambiguity: The Importance of Grammar in Legal Writing
— J. Tomas Delaney L. A domain name is the user-friendly form of an internet protocol (IP) address that allows users to locate and access a company’s web page on the internet. (The real technical IP address is a series of numbers which is invisible to the viewers.) Domain names are comprised of two levels: … More Domain Names and their Intellectual Property Protection
— Anne Marie Delaney A. and J. Tomas Delaney L. On September 13, 1970, Dr. Milton Friedman, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, published an article in the The New York Times magazine titled The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits. As the title indicates, Friedman asserts that an efficient … More Shareholder v. Stakeholder: A Social Responsibility Debate
— Jason M. Pastora B. According to a study conducted in 2006 by the Technological Institute of Monterrey in Mexico, between 65% and 80% of the companies in the world are family-owned, and generate approximately 50% of the global gross domestic product. This number is even higher in Latin America where it is estimated that … More The Simple Corporate Structure of the Family-Owned Company
— Jason M. Pastora B. In 2009 Dr. Jason Sharman, a professor at Griffith University, conducted a study with some of his students in which they intentionally tried to legally set-up shell companies in various countries, without having a real business and without divulging their true identities. They tried in 22 countries and found that … More About the Panama Papers: A Commentary on Offshore Companies and the Corporate Veil
— J. Tomás Delaney L. We are in an era dominated by global corporations and international capital investors who own and run their operations simultaneously in many parts of the world. Notwithstanding the many advantages that international business may have in the world economy, cross-border trading and dealing between different jurisdictions may give rise to … More The Common Law Syndrome: International Business and the Systems of Law
— J. Tomás Delaney L. The writ that orders Apple to unblock a cellphone — by request of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) — and Apple’s refusal to comply, has shined the spotlight once again on the debate of which fundamental right should prevail: Security or Privacy. On February 16th, Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym … More Apple, Inc. vs. FBI: Privacy vs. Security?
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