DETROIT ? What are trade secrets under Michigan law and what should companies do to protect them? Phillip Korovesis, a shareholder in Butzel Long?s Detroit office, who chairs the firm?s Non-Compete and Trade Secret Practice Group, answers these and other questions about Trade Secrets in a mini interview with Mitechnews.Com Editor Mike Brennan. The full
SOUTHFIELD ? American taxpayers have been unrealistically focused on just one date ? April 15. But the IRS has made it clear that it?s not about the 15th anymore, it?s about the government money that can be made through the audit after the 15th. And because of that aggressiveness, individuals and privately held companies in
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates International?s new CEO John Swainson, speaking at the LinuxWorld Conference, challenged software vendors to leverage Open Standards and Open Source as their default platform to minimize IT complexity, maximize efficiency and enable Open Innovation. During his keynote, entitled Open Source Meets the Enterprise, Swainson discussed the shared challenge of the IT
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan?s airports are moving quickly to meet the wireless needs of not only the traveling public, but also the airport?s tenants - airlines, cargo carriers and rental car companies. But the installation of Wi-Fi technology at airports is not as simple as creating your local Internet caf�. The reason is that airports
GRAND RAPIDS - Two entrepreneurs discuss the initial concepts of a business transaction. At this stage of the game, investment bankers or business consultants may be involved to provide advice on transaction issues. As the discussions progress, the business appetites of the entrepreneurs kick in ? the deal has potential value to both sides and
TROY - Some companies think that if they move to new space that this will lead to creativity. Further, some believe that if people wear jeans or long hair, they will be more creative. I believe people can be creative if given the opportunity. The January 2005 issue of Fast Company features Malcolm Gladwell, currently
TROY - Detroit is a great place to live, work, raise a family and enjoy a successful business career. I know, I?ve done it. And yes, by Detroit I mean the greater Detroit region, like the seven-county southeastern Michigan region, home of almost 5 million people, the Red Wings, Tigers, Lions and Pistons. The problems
ROCHESTER - A business associate recently confessed to a depressing little secret: every morning he jumps out of bed determined to get ahead of the game, and every day he ends up further behind. No matter how fast, how hard or how long he works, things fall through the cracks. There just aren?t enough hours
TROY - The most effective Internet marketing methods in use today focus on attracting the ?Narrowcast Visitor? to your website - the person who uses the Internet to proactively seek out providers of a specific product or service to satisfy their needs. Essentially these visitors represent people who are raising their hands and saying, ?I
ANN ARBOR - Litigation, at least in the United States, is a fact of life for all corporations. So it?s important to know that electronic data must be preserved for litigation, that a company has clear instructions on how to proceed with its electronic data to comply with discovery, that lawyers continually monitor efforts to