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The top six social media tips to know before you leave the office. As social media use continues to grow – particularly throughout the business world – it can be difficult for companies to identify where best to focus their limited resources. After all, there are hundreds of social networking sites around today, and few companies have the bandwidth to properly ... READ MORE

Bulletproof’s Weekly Web Wrap-Up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding social media’s increasing relevance to business.    By now most people know about the importance of social media but many businesses are still trying to get a handle on how to best engage this critical space. While the challenge seems daunting, a one-step-at-a-time approach can facilitate an effective social media presence. ... READ MORE

News earlier this month – that New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial aspirant Andrew Cuomo filed a fraud suit against former Bank of America head Ken Lewis and the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer – did not surprise most observers. Even if the lawsuit does not support Cuomo’s run for higher office (which it does), he’d already spent months ... READ MORE

Eastman Kodak Co executives optimistically claimed at its annual investor meeting on Feb. 4th that sales will grow this year despite its dip in stock. Some investors were skeptical. Among other concerns, they worry that the company depends too heavily on patent licensing agreements. Those agreements are expected to rake in at least $250 million to $350 million annually over the ... READ MORE

Back in November, New Jersey law firm Levinson Axelrod filed suit against a former employee who established a website from which to lob reputational attacks against the firm that fired him in 2004. In January, a federal judge shut down the former employee’s www.levinsonaxelrod.net (the firm’s actual URL is www.levisonaxelrod.com) due to violations of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which ... READ MORE

In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs' attorneys for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today we talk to Marc R. Levy of Levy, Morse & Wheeler, P.C. in Denver. A lawyer who usually defends insurance companies, Mr. Levy recently won one of the largest plaintiff’s verdicts in Colorado history against Time Insurance ... READ MORE