Recent Articles from Cindy Wolf
Google and Facebook: Too big to sue?
Internet privacy is not just under siege from the NSA. Google is fighting two huge class action suits based upon privacy violations. Facebook recently settled two privacy-based class action lawsuits. These lawsuits are colossal because Google and Facebook are two mammoth companies with enormous numbers of customers. One class is comprised of everyone who has […]
Cloud computing and surveillance
Excuse me for laughing at the hyperbole around the dangers of U.S. cloud providers because of PRISM. Methinks there is more behind the European outrage than data privacy. The U.S. absolutely dominates cloud computing. I don’t know why really, but I can make some guesses.
Top five biggest negotiation mistakes
Have you ever walked out of a meeting wondering why you agreed to something? Or wondered how you lost a deal that seemed so promising? If you’ve ever had one of those “What just happened there?” moments, read on for the top five mistakes negotiators make.
The dangers of the cloud
The rise of cloud computing hasn’t stopped even though the vast majority of the public has no idea what the cloud is. Even half of company IT security practitioners don’t know what happens to the data in their company’s cloud implementations. Three recent surveys have highlighted the confusion, ig...
How to get more bang for your legal-fee buck
Don’t expect the same lawyer to do everything. Any one lawyer who tells you they are an expert in every legal issue you will face is lying. Lawyers specialize. A lawyer may know something about many areas, but won’t know everything about everything. If a lawyer is learning while doing your work, y...
Welcome to the new cloud
If you are a small business owner, you are always looking for ways to free up your time to do the things you really love – which might not include bookkeeping, payroll, fixing and setting up phones and computers, filing government forms, online marketing and other administrative tasks. That is, un...
The life and death of a small business
When you start your business, you’re full of hope and dreams. You may be a sole owner, have a partner or plan to create a family business. And when it goes well, you’ll run the business for decades. But what happens when you want out? There could be many reasons: you’re ready to retire; your […]
“You may already be a winner!”
But all states and the federal government have laws governing games of chance. The government wants to make sure that Publisher’s Clearinghouse isn’t reincarnated as Joe’s Raffle and Scam. How different is buying a raffle ticket from your kids’ school from buying a lottery ticket from the state? I...
A gift for business from the SOS
Now is the time to clean up your corporate books! Colorado’s Secretary of State has announced a temporary fee holiday for business filings beginning Dec. 1. All online business filings for profit and non-profit companies, including Periodic Reports, Articles of Incorporation or Organization, Corrections and Amendments are now only $1 – with a $3 security […]
So you want to start a business?
Working for yourself can sound very attractive, particularly if your job search hasn’t been yielding good results or your employer seems less than appreciative. Go ahead and do some Internet research. Check out your business name at the Secretary of State and US Patent and Trademark Office. But don’t go it alone, hire a lawyer […]
Vote early, vote — once
“Vote early, vote often” was the joke election slogan when I was growing up in Chicago. If “often” means once at each election, it’s a good slogan. But I particularly like the “vote early” part. Early voting has begun, and there are many reasons to take advantage of it. On the other hand, if you’ve […]
Good-paying jobs — no bachelor’s degree required
The positioning of two articles on the same page in Sunday’s Denver Post was no accident, I’m sure. One article heralded the fact that Colorado companies were bringing manufacturing jobs back from China because American workers were so much more productive than Chinese workers, labor rates are increasing in China and transportation costs are up. […]