In a Q&A by Inc.com, former Vice President of Finance for Yahoo, Dennis Morgan, discusses the most important points of handling an acquisition, based on his $5 billion worth of deals while with the internet giant.  In the article, Morgan discuss why deals go wrong, how to close the gap with a proper operating plan, where deals fall through on the operations level, the need for a strategic roadmap and th ...

"It's a Huge Case for the Patent-Law Community." On One Side: Google, Facebook, Intuit.  On the Other? IBM. "Because the patents are often unclear, there's no way to know whether an infringement claim by a competitor or a troll is legitimate until you've spent $8 million in litigation fees," said Mr. Schruers Ashby Jones in the Wall Street Journal  reports this morning that a federal appeals court in Washin ...

Ahead of the new health-care law, small firms worry about crossing the crucial 50-person threshold — and about rising premium rates  Emily Maltby at the WSJ Law blog reports on increasing concerns about the forthcoming healthcare laws among small business owners.  This seems to be a prominent issue and concern among small business owners, and has been noted in most every major media outlet in recent weeks, ...