New York Small Business Law

New Phone Tools all over the Place

If you are a regular reader of Techcrunch and other tech and media blogs, this is probably old news to you.  There are a number of cool new phone tools and services that can make life much easier for small businesses and professionals.

GrandCentral gives you one phone number that rings all your phones, so you never miss a phone call again.  You can also store messages, forward messages, listen in to the caller before you pick up, and tape incoming phone conversations.  Most of it is free.

Jott transcribes your voice messages and sends the transcript to your email or another person's e-mail (called jottcasting) along with the original voice message.  Finally, hands-free notes and e-mail.  The service is free.

For a fee, 2ReCall lets you tape outgoing phone calls by routing your call through a 1-800 number.

Be careful when taping phone conversations, in some states it might be illegal without letting the other person know.

One Hundred Posts - A look at the Archives

Reviewing Agreements 101

New York Limited Liability Companies FAQ

Don't be a Victim of your Law Firm's "No Small Business Policy"

Top Ten New York State Info Resources for Small Business

Going into Business Together - Don't Rely on a Handshake

Should we incorporate our Small Business in Delaware?

How to choose New York Law and New York Courts in your Business Contracts

Conflict Resolution

Spotlight on Buy-Sell Agreements

What your Lawyer needs to know before drafting your LLC Operating Agreement

International Sales Contracts - Don't overlook the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Spotlight on Asset Based Finance Loans

Raising Startup Capital from Investors - Information Resources

Confidentiality Agreements between a Business and its Employee

 

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Thanks for reading my blog in 2006, come back for more in 2007!  Posting will be lighter than usual for the next week as I will be on vacation in the beautiful town of Lueneburg, Germany (see picture).

Gender Equality in Vienna

How can I put a "New York Small Business Law" spin on this story?  I don't know, but I had to show you how Vienna is trying to bring gender equality to its traffic signs and pictographs.  The story is in German, but the pictures tell all.  You may laugh, but maybe they are on to something.

P.s.  Only 50% of the signs will be exchanged.

Seen at ElbeLaw.

I rolled my own Google

I had to jump on the bandwagon and try Google's new custom search engine tool called Google Co-op.  I rolled two customized search engines, both of which you can see on the right sidebar.  One searches my blog and the other (pretty far down on the right sidebar) searches the websites of the top 100 law firms in the United States.  I called it "Search AmLaw 100 Sites."  During the next couple of days I might add another search engine searching all the blogs in my blogroll.  Stay tuned.

Thanks to InterAlia for pointing me to this new Google tool.

Off Topic: Shocking New York Times Article

Today's  "most e-mailed article" in the New York Times reports on abuses of law and power in tiny New York village and town courts.  A  shocking must read.

Thankfully, not all town and village courts seem to be that bad.  Nicole Black remembers:

"During my first few years as an Assistant Public Defender, I was assigned to nearly half of the Town and Village Courts in Monroe County and found that, by and large, most Village and Town Court judges were extremely competent, although there were a few exceptions.  And, a law degree was not necessarily indicative of competence on the bench."

Read her full post and her own bad experience in one  court here.