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	<title>The Business Dispute Law Blog by Bill Garrison</title>
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	<description>This is the personal blog of Bill Garrison. It provides legal resources on ownership disputes</description>
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		<title>Class Action Waiver has Uncertain Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an important case &#8211; one in which the opposing parties brought many, many lawyers to the fight &#8211; a federal appeals court (the Second Circuit Court of Appeals) rejected a contractual provision aimed at barring merchants from bringing class action claims against AMEX.  LINK
The Court concluded that the expense to be incurred by a single plaintiff merchant bringing such a claim (in this case, an antitrust [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2009/02/21/class-action-waiver-has-uncertain-future/</link>
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		<title>Decision: Open Source Developers Protected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open source software is unquestionably the modern foundation for much important and even artistic collaborative work product.  Put simply, really great and diverse software is developed through the open source process that could not be otherwise achieved.  
But as open source development advances in its scope and reach, inevitable questions arise as to the rights and responsibilities of the original author, i.e., the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2008/08/29/decision-open-source-developers-protected/</link>
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		<title>Look Who May be Going to Jail Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If appears the Feds are cracking down on illegal immigration by actually going after those that profit most from it.  Novel approach.
&#8220;Law enforcement officials will &#8216;use all the tools we have, whether it be criminal enforcement or immigration laws to break the back&#8217; of businesses that exploit undocumented immigrants, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2006/04/20/look-who-may-be-going-to-jail-now/</link>
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		<title>Annoying People Beware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting perspective on the new federal law prohibiting anonymous and &#34;annoying&#34; internet communications.&#160; The potential scope of such a law,&#160;which&#160;supposedly makes it a federal crime to&#160;&#160;use the &#34;internet&#8230; without disclosing&#160;[one's] identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person&#8230;who receives the communications,&#34; is so broad and unworkable as to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2006/01/19/annoying-people-beware/</link>
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		<title>New Identity Theft Law Imposes Responsibilities Upon Businesses and Lawyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas, like many other states, has passed legislation designed to address the ever-growing problem of identity theft.&#160; The newly-added Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act (Chapter 48 of the Business and Commerce Code) requires businesses of all sizes to implement and maintain reasonable procedures to protect &#34;sensitive personal information.&#34;&#160;&#160; Further, &#34;[i]f an information security breach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2006/01/17/new-identity-theft-law-imposes-responsibilities-upon-businesses-and-lawyers/</link>
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		<title>Signs of Intelligent Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Pennsylvania district court has determined to uphold the separation of religion and government despite mounting pressure from religious interests.&#160; 
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		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2005/12/20/signs-of-intelligent-life/</link>
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		<title>Advice for Solo Practitioners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Law blogger Carolyn Elefant offers advice to lawyers thinking about hanging up their own shingles in Some FAQ on Solo Practice. In her post she answers a series of frequently asked questions about going solo. For instance, she discusses what you&#8217;ll need to start a solo law practice, advice on renting office space or working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2005/12/12/advice/</link>
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		<title>The Legal Talk Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I discovered a new legal resource called The Legal Talk Network, a great find. The network produces a number of law-related radio shows, including one called Coast to Coast, co-hosted by J. Craig Williams, of May it Please the Court, and Robert Ambrogi, author of two law blogs.
They discuss the latest legal topics with other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2005/11/30/legal/</link>
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		<title>Timeless Advice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read these words of wisdom passed from father to son in How to Succeed as a Lawyer. Written by lawyer Roland Boyd to his son forty years ago, the letter is timeless. From the State Bar of Texas web site:
11. Remember, to be a good lawyer you must first be a&#160;good man.
Your sole ambition should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2005/11/17/timeless/</link>
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		<title>Another Reason to Hate Bullies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check this out: according to a survey performed in the UK, literally 2-3 billion dollars are lost annually to&#160;bullying in the workplace, primarily as a result of victims/workers avoiding work to avoid the jerks that torment them.&#160; Having handled a great many employment cases, nothing amazes me.&#160; But, candidly, I had no idea that bullying, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessattorneyindallas.com/2005/11/07/another-reason-to-hate-bullys/</link>
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