I am on a serious roll with business novels. This time it is the newly-published Simplifying Innovation by Michael A. Dalton. The basic idea behind this book is to apply Theory of Constraints ideas to the process of innovation. Overall, I thought the book did a good job of putting it all together ...

The subject of antitrust exemptions has been an oft-discussed topic here at TOTM (see, e.g. here and here).  In the latter of those two links I was somewhat critical of the DOJ for taking a neutral stance on the insurance industry exemption, which has now become rather wrapped up in the health care ...

ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., No. 08-1365 (Fed. Cir., February 5, 2010)Lansa appealed an award of damages for patent infringement from the Southern District of New York, arguing that the evidence and expert testimony relating to damages was erroneous, leading to an inflated 12.5% royalty rate on ...

Barbara Taylor and her husband Chris are the founders of Synergy Business Services, a business brokerage company.  She’s a regular blogger on “You’re the Boss,” a feature of the New York Times’s Small Business section, which is where I discovered her. Then I learned tha ...

Not all life is pain and injury. Sometimes you get to take advantage of your hard work and dedication. Or as the Bible states in Psalm 128:2, " You will eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours."  As a member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) I wa ...

A Massachusetts woman is suing her real estate broker over exposure to second-hand smoke in her condo, which the broker helped her purchase: Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smell ...

UK Supreme Court Rules Market Value of Managing Director's Securties Did Not Have to Account for Special Employment-Related PriceGiving an objective meaning to the term market valuation, the UK Supreme Court ruled that a managing director who sold his employment-related securities at a special price ...

UK Supreme Court Rules Market Value of Managing Director's Securties Did Not Have to Account for Special Employment-Related PriceGiving an objective meaning to the term market valuation, the UK Supreme Court ruled that a managing director who sold his employment-related securities at a special price ...

Not all copyright holders are as understanding as New Moon director Chris Weltz, who expressed his displeasure with an attempt to prosecute a woman who recorded three minutes of footage of New Moon when the movie was running in the background at her daughter’s birthday. Photographer Mike Hipple rece ...

The Asia Business Media Blog just did a post, entitled, "China's attitude hift," on a James McGregor talk Woodward attended today in Hong Kong. McGregor, a "journalist, media entrepreneur, investor and long-time resident of China gave a sobering talk" on how China is beginning to treat foreign b ...