Lawyer Angela Perry provides advice for a achieving productive outcome when seeking legal advice. She discusses how to approach lawyers about template documents and contracts, and communicate with them about fees. She discusses how to find a lawyer with whom you can establish a good working relationship. She discusses how to judge when you need legal advice.

The all-in-one business law book Whether you're just starting a small business, or your business is already up and running, legal questions come up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise-but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business has helped more than a quarter million entrepreneurs and business owners master the basics, including...

Anti-abortion activists and the attorney representing the case for the plaintiffs in Whole Women's Health vs. Hellerstedt explain their arguments.

On August 8, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which created a federally-funded unemployment and old age insurance program. For the first time, the government provided citizens over the age of 65 a monthly pension, which paid through a payroll tax and matching employer contributions. The act also provides assistance for permanently disabled individuals, the temporarily unemployed (up to 25 percent of the population was unemployed...

The 6th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American the right to a speedy and public trial before an impartial jury, and the right to a defense attorney. What the 6th amendment doesn't lay out are rules for law enforcement and prosecution. In this episode, we will highlight two cases: the ongoing efforts of parolee Derrick Hamilton to clear his name after twenty years for a murder conviction fraught with alleged police and prosecutorial...

Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.

After a 40-year-old nationwide "War on Drugs", the state of Washington has become a key battleground in the fight to legalize marijuana. But many marijuana advocates are vehemently opposed to Measure I-502, the law that will legalize the growing, sale and use of cannabis. They say it will impose harsh and scientifically arbitrary DUI laws, new taxes, and additional restrictions and penalties that will hut medical marijuana patients and providers.

"A business name, the names of key products, logos, packaging, and slogans all can function as trademarks that distinguish a business and its services and products. This book has the most up-to-date information on how to select and protect a great trademark and how to register and maintain a trademark with the federal government. The reader will learn how to choose a trademark that distinguishes their business from competitors, search for marks that...

This episode of the Green Interview features 16-year old Rachel Parent who has made a remarkable impact on the global debate about the benefits and dangers of industrial food. At 11 years of age she had to do a speech for her class. She decided to talk about food. When she began to research the food she was eating-the same food most of us eat, the standard fare of people in the industrialized world-she was horrified. She was particularly concerned...