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Big Company Legal Advice At A Small Company Price!

by alec on September 20, 2006

Many entrepreneurs find themselves needing a wee smidge of legal advice periodically.Â Now, there’s a service for startups that will provide that advice.Â Venture Law Line is a new telephone consultationÂ service provided by Venture Law Associates, targeted at entrepreneurs.Â For $150 per month, they can provide advice on everything from technology to intellectual property, compensation and corporate structure.

Two of the lawyers in this partnership are Suzie Dingwall-Williams and Naomi Morisawa de Koven.Â They’re both very entrepreneur friendly, and terrific people to deal with.Â Â Good luck to both ofÂ you!Â

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Meeting Michael Geist

by alec on December 20, 2005

I had the opportunity to spend an hour with Michael Geist this afternoon, and chat with him about privacy issues. Michael is a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he holds the Canadian Research Chair in Internet Law and E-Commerce. We talked as part of our ongoing efforts at Iotum to understand and proactively address privacy issues around our software. We had a fascinating discussion, for a little over an hour, on topics ranging from public policy to telephone solicitation. Howard and I had to leave, but not before agreeing to talk some more with Michael.

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