Richard Chapo

Selling Corporate Shares – Be Careful

One of the touted advantages of owning a corporation is the ease in transferring shares. In many cases, this assumed benefit is simply wrong. Transfer Shares According to "experts", using a corporation has one bid advantage over other entities. The... Read >

Lost or Stolen ATM Debit Cards – Your Liability

As our economy becomes more and more digital, ATM debit cards have become a frequent payment method. This article discusses your liability for lost or stolen card charges. ATM Debit Cards ATM debit cards have certainly made life a lot easier. For ma... Read >

Shopping Online For The Holidays – Don't Get Ripped Off

We are quickly approaching that time of the year where the Internet pays off in spades – the holidays. Here's a primer on protecting yourself while buying online. Avoiding the Malls I hate going to the malls during the holidays. They are packed wit... Read >

Solicitations To Prepare Your Corporate Minutes

Every corporate entity must hold board meetings and keep corporate minutes. This doesn't mean you have to be sucked in by the corporate minute preparation solicitations. Corporate Minutes Corporate minutes simply are documents detailing the events ... Read >

Bylaws – The Guts of a Corporation

Most states make forming a corporation relatively painless by providing forms for practically everything. The bylaws of the corporation, however, are an area you don't want to rely on a form. What Are Bylaws? Bylaws are the technical rules that gov... Read >

Legal Terms – A Quick Guide

Legal issues and problems are stressful, complex and inevitable. If you get wrapped up in legal issues, it sometimes helps to understand the lingo being bandied about. Legal Terms Contract: An agreement between two or more parties in which each pa... Read >

Google's Book Scanning and Copyright Laws

As you may know, Google is making an effort to scan every book in the world. The goal is to create a giant online database of every book that can be searched. One small problem is the fact that Google is violating copyright laws. Copyright Google ... Read >

Microsoft v. Google – Kai-Fu Lee's Non-Compete Agreement

Unless you've been on vacation all summer, the brawl between Google and Microsoft should be old news. New developments, however, have occurred with publication of the non-compete agreement signed by Kai-Fu Lee. Google v. Microsoft Earlier this year... Read >

Privacy Rights – Big Brother's Bumbling

The General Accounting Office has reported the federal government is ignoring individual privacy rights of citizens. Not only is it ignoring guidelines, the actions being taken may server to put your privacy at more risk of being violated. Government ... Read >