http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Robert+Masud%2C+Esq. Business Management Robert Masud, Esq. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=202713&ca=Business+Management When selling a business, the seller will naturally try to increase the company's value and reduce its post closing risks or losses. These need to be accomplished, of course, without causing any disruption to current operations. Before putting the business up for sale, the seller must first identify... Internet Robert Masud, Esq. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=199634&ca=Internet With the convenience of the internet, most employers enjoy quick and effective communications with their employees. But lately, many employers are expressing some concern with employees who have started "blogging." This concern stems from the fear that some of these employees may be disclosing compa... Legal Robert Masud, Esq. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=196435&ca=Legal What happens when you have a rogue or even out of control employee that uses an office computer to send or even post threats of great bodily harm or uses an office computer to generate other highly offensive communications? Can an employer who ends up being sued for such conduct assert a defense of... Internet Robert Masud, Esq. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=193320&ca=Internet Despite the simple functionality on many levels of a domain name, it is vital to the success of an online business enterprise. At its heart, a domain name essentially is an address that tells a user of the Internet how to find a particular website. In many instances, the owners of trade or service m... Internet Robert Masud, Esq. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=188518&ca=Internet In recent times blogs have taken on new meaning on the Internet and World Wide Web. Once considered nothing more than rather offbeat diaries, blogs have become major marketing tools at the present point in time. In fact, today millions of consumers from all walks of life and from all over the globe... Legal Robert Masud, Esq. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184975&ca=Legal The hedge fund industry in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will come under greater regulatory scrutiny according to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is the chief securities regulatory. This past January Glavin filed a civil complaint against Bulldog Investors and Phillip Goldstein... Advice Robert Masud, Esq. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=174268&ca=Advice If you are a new Internet business owner, you likely have spent a good deal of time trying to determine what domain name will be best for your operations. To this end, you may have taken the steps necessary to determine the availability of a particular domain name. In fact, finding that it is avai... Advice Robert Masud, Esq. Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=170806&ca=Advice Introduction Today’s state of affairs for private equity sponsors in the arenas of public relations and politics is challenging at best, and a private equity sponsor who is exposing itself to corruption or corrupt partners are inviting criticism and worse. Private equity firms should be aware of act... Advice Robert Masud, Esq. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=166408&ca=Advice Recently, the SEC proposed changes that would affect the investment in hedge funds as well as other investments pooled. On December 27,2006, Release No. 33-8766 (the “Release”) proposed an anti-fraud rule that would be new under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). This new rule... Legal Robert Masud, Esq. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=162194&ca=Legal When Internet users search online for information, they use search engines like Yahoo, Google, and MSN. Because some page owners have paid for some of its links to the search engine websites and the links come up whenever the website owner’s results appear as a search result, there have recently bee...