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The news this fall has been filled with reports of large, well-established companies facing difficult economic circumstances. In a number of highly publicized cases, the federal government (using our tax dollars) has ridden to the rescue. Such relief is unlikely to be granted to the rest of us. That being the case, it is important for you to evaluate how your business will face the economic slow down and what, if any precautionary steps you can take.

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Because software plays an increasingly larger role in the operations of most businesses, the issues involved with licensing the software not only is of interest to the developers but the commercial end users.

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If you run a business today, you cannot escape the good and bad effects that come from the widespread use of digital technology. This expanding use of digital technology, such as software, the Internet, e-mail and the World Wide Web, in the operation of your business has affected your contractual relationships with your customers, suppliers, employees and independent contractors. This article looks at several different contracts with these business contacts and how the agreements can be written to address different issues which you may encounter due to your use of digital technology.

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Articles featured on our site typically deal with items of a "business" nature. In the past, we've written about leases, foreclosures, intellectual property, alternative methods of resolving commercial disputes and the like. Today, however, we want to focus on a topic that is both "personal" and "business" in nature and can impact any one of us-the issue of elder abuse and ways to combat it.

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Let's say you've purchased a Maryland residential property (defined as having four or fewer dwelling units) at foreclosure, and you want to either move in or rent it as investment property. However, tenants living in it at the time of foreclosure still reside there, under a lease having an unexpired term at what you consider a below-market rent. What, if anything, can you do?

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