News Items of Interest to B. Law 420
I.P.O. process and the Google IPO, N.Y.Times May 5, 2004
An optimistic outlook for US Capital markets & economy, Foreign Affaris Mag. April 2005
E-Commerce News
Seeking greater profits from customer information New York Times 4-11-02
Profitable Dot-Coms NYT 12-17-01
Online sales exceed catalog at J. Crew NYT 3-25-02
Online contracts CIO Magazine Jan. 2002
Privacy v. security v. liberty NYT 4-14-02 (biased but informative report)
Agency
Employee or ind. contractor? Ship's doctors. WSJ Oct. 29, 2007
Intellectual Property News
Excellent review of current patent law problems, Wa.Post 12-11-03
Fundamentals of intellectual property, CSO magazine, Dec. 2003
Keeping Secrets Secret, Sloan Mgmt. Rev. Spr. 2006
Administration seeks patent reform NYT 6-6-07
Trade secret thief arrested at border WSJ 8-22-07
Getting a patent in China, Wall St. Journal 8-28-07 (requires WSJ online subscription)
Sarbanes - Oxley and securities regulation
Sub-prine lending in California, Wa. Post 10-13-07
Professional/Accountant Liability
Veritas agrees to $30 million fine by SEC for cooking books 2-21-07
Computer cos. settle kickback claims, WSJ Aug. 31, 2007 (requires WSJ online subscription)
CEO sentenced on stock option backdating, WSJ 1-16-08 (requires WSJ online subscription)