Any business that has experienced a certain amount of success will face the opportunity to expand and build multiple departments. There comes a point when your enterprise will reach an audience that is too broad to serve without delegating tasks to multiple teams. Creating a culture conducive to effective communication and collaboration requires specific knowledge and techniques that you can learn ahead of time. Office table top view business flat web infographic concept vector. Staff around table working tablet laptop empty background. Brainstorm report planning. Creative people collection. Understand the Benefits of Effective Communication and Collaboration It goes without saying that teams can achieve greater productivity when they pool their…

In 2021, Florida and Texas enacted “social media censorship” laws. These laws were never serious policy proposals; instead, the legislatures simply wanted to signal to voters that they hated “Big Tech.” The laws assembled a multitude of disparate policy ideas about how the legislatures could “censor” social media platforms. Based on long-standing Supreme Court precedent (the Reno v. ACLU case from 1997), the laws clearly violated the First Amendment in several ways. The main question is: has the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment changed in the intervening 27 years? If it has, legislatures can and will enact censorship laws that will completely change how the Internet works. Today,…

Whether parties agree or disagree, a co-owner can be removed from title. If the parties reach an agreement, usually involving a payment, a co-owner can transfer their interest by way of a deed. If the parties cannot reach an agreement, a partition action can also remove a co-owner from title. This article explains these options to resolve a co-ownership dispute. Transferring Title When Parties Agree Assuming that the parties who hold interests in the real property agree to conveying one co-owner’s property interest to another, the co-owner who is conveying the interest may use a conveyance deed such as a quitclaim deed or a grant deed. This process typically involves…

For 42 years I have lived in an underworld I never knew existed until I became one of the thousands of women in that world, women distrusted by the public and defamed by the media for being a prisoner’s wife. I swore after my husband was paroled that I would never forget the suffering of other women like me.   My life in that underworld still widely unknown to many, began when I met an extraordinary man in the Death House at Angola, a Louisiana slave plantation turned into a prison in 1880.  I was a TV news reporter then, at Angola to cover an upcoming execution.         …

Key Terms Grad Plus loans accrue interest while in school, meaning you’ll graduate owing significantly more than you borrowed. If you enter into repayment while in school under the SAVE plan, you may make $0 or minimal payments each month. Under the SAVE plan, if you make $0 or minimal monthly payments, the rest of your accrued interest each month will be forgiven. This strategy could save you tens of thousands of dollars in interest. Every dollar you save while in school returns multiple dollars back to you. If getting a Subsidized Grad Plus Student Loan sounds like something that could help you financially, you might find this strategy useful.…

When Is Alimony Warranted? What Are the Different Types of Alimony? Your marriage has ended. Maybe you’ve been a stay-at-home spouse, giving up career opportunities to raise the family. Maybe you’ve been the breadwinner, but believe that your soon-to-be ex-spouse has the ability to be self-supporting. What are your rights with respect to alimony or spousal support? When do you have a valid right to seek some type of payment from a former spouse? When can you ask the court to compel your former spouse to be self-reliant? The Availability of Alimony in Texas Though alimony is awarded less than it was a generation or two ago, it is still…