By Alison Doyle, About.com
When the economy slows, companies run into difficulties, businesses scale back their workforce, and layoffs increase. Rumors may start flying that lay-offs are imminent and jobs are at risk. In fact, if you look at what has happened with major corporations recently, downsizing is often not predictable.
That’s why it’s important to be be prepared to change jobs, because a lay-off could happen to any of us, often without warning. It’s also important to know what your rights as an …

A court is a body, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes and dispense civil, criminal, or administrative justice in accordance with rules of law. In common law and civil law states, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, those accused of a crime have the right to present their defense before a court.
Court facilities range from a simple …

The United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides (in part) that the Congress has the power to “constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court”. The Tax Court specializes in adjudicating disputes over federal income tax, generally prior to the time at which the formal tax assessments are made by the Internal Revenue Service. Though taxpayers may choose to litigate tax matters in a variety …

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A non disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract between at least two parties to protect trade secrets, intellectual property, or other confidential information shared by one of those parties with the other. If the party bound to secrecy discloses the confidential information before the non disclosure agreement expires, he or she can be made to stop revealing this information and can be sued for damages. Inventors, corporations, financial institutions and businesses of all kinds make use of non disclosure …

By F. John Reh, About.com
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If I Tell You, I’d Have to Shoot You
For many companies today, one of their most valuable assets is their Intellectual Property (IP). Companies must take appropriate steps to protect the value of this asset, as they would any physical asset, yet must also utilize it to its full potential.
Much like a distribution company would not keep its trucks in the garage to keep them from being involved in an accident on the highway, a start-up …