Conflict Resolution: Just what the doctor ordered? Bringing Judges Into Medical-Malpractice Negotiations

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Medical-malpractice litigation can be a lengthy, expensive, and contentious process.
Lawyers on both sides might spend months or years conducting discovery and deposing
witnesses. As for settlement negotiations, they tend to occur late in the process and are often treated as a perfunctory step before a trial.

Dismantling a Family Business: Three Brothers, Game Theory, and a Coin Toss

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The dissolution of a partnership can be fraught with conflict, especially when the business is all in the family. But as Charles V. Bagli recently reported in the New York Times, three New York brothers recently proved that careful planning—and a willingness to trust in fate—can be keys to a peaceful breakup.

How to Roll Back or Uninstall a Problematic Windows Update

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Barely a month had passed after we told you to let Windows Update automatically keep your PC updated before Microsoft decided to make us look bad by releasing a couple of really bad updates that broke people’s computers. So today we’re going to show you how to roll things back should an update break everything.Click Here to Continue Reading

Microsoft expands anti-MacBook campaign with switching tips

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Microsoft recently expanded its campaign against Apple's MacBook Air with a website that offers practical advice to people who have switched or are thinking of switching to a Surface Pro 3.The site resembled other ditch-a-rival-OS efforts that have long been a part of the personal computing landscape, including those Apple has used to convince consumers that switching from a Windows PC to a Mac is not difficult.Microsoft's MacBook-to-Surface Pro 3 switching site includes general tips on using Windows, descriptions of navigation and operation equivalents of the former on the latter, an expla

Why Branding Matters More to Employees Than Customers

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A few years ago, I came up with the concept of underbranding, or the concept of focusing more attention on the elements that underlie your company's brand. It was - and still is - little more than a loose concept, but perhaps you will turn it into something more.
UnderBranding begins with three assertions:

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