Value-sharing: knowledge leads to questions

By Rick Colosimo / October 27, 2009 / Comments Off on Value-sharing: knowledge leads to questions

Today I was asked about my recent Five-minute lawyer series of posts. To me, these sorts of posts add lots of value for readers who have these questions at little real detriment to me; after all, I already know the answers to these general questions. Is sharing knowledge a good strategy? I obviously think so,…

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Governance failures in compensation

By Rick Colosimo / October 26, 2009 / Comments Off on Governance failures in compensation

Some time ago, I’d come across a Forbes article (now lost to three or four intervening moves and office clean-outs that discussed the effects on pension plans on executive compensation. One really interesting fact was that (as of June 9, 2003) only a “handful” of companies (including GE and Verizon) had excluded pension “earnings” from…

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Five-minute lawyer: how to plan a nonprofit

By Rick Colosimo / October 25, 2009 / Comments Off on Five-minute lawyer: how to plan a nonprofit

You’ve probably already seen our Five-minute Lawyer post on How to Form a Nonprofit, but sometimes people are at an earlier stage of the process, where they haven’t figured out what they exactly want to do. This process looks a lot like planning a for-profit business in the early stages, but here are a few…

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Cause of action website worth copying

By Rick Colosimo / October 14, 2009 / Comments Off on Cause of action website worth copying

This site, COA.TX, has an incredibly straightforward tagline: Quick Reference for Causes of Action and Affirmative Defenses in Texas. — Caselaw Snippets from Recent Texas Appellate Opinions. Lawyers with a national practice (often driven by national clients) can spend a surprising amount of time pulling specific quotes from the relevant jurisdiction to either get complaints…

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