Earlier this month the Chicago Tech Academy held their first annual ChiTech Showcase for students, parents and supporters of Chicago’s tech-forward high school. Marcus Harris supported the event by moderating student panel discussions on current and future technology issues. Marcus commented on the event, “The Chi-Tech event was a tremendously rewarding experience. These young people…
Last week, Marcus Harris attended an organizational meeting to plan for the first annual ChiTech Showcase at Chicago Tech Academy. The showcase will take place at 5pm on Thursday, December 1st at the Academy when the students and staff demonstrate how the technology community transforms Chicago’s young people into tomorrow’s biggest innovators. Chicago Tech Academy…
Marcus Stephen Harris, LLC will be taking part in hosting the Drafting and Implementing Ethical Law Firm Technology Policies webinar on Tuesday September 20, 2011. The webinar focuses on responsible technology management. The faculty will identify the latest legal and ethical standards of compliance for technology policies and provide steps for creating and maintaining up-to-date…
Chicago’s first ever TechWeek gains momentum as Governor Quinn signs two pieces of legislation into law. The first bill establishes technology centers at each campus of Illinois public universities. These technology centers are designed to help students who are interested in forming their own technology startup company. The second bill benefits early-stage venture capital sources…
This year’s TechWeek Chicago will be July 22-29 at the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago. TechWeek celebrates those who are impacting the technological landscape of business on a large scale. TechWeek is a place to gain first hand knowledge about the newest technology that is shaping the business world today. Over 300 companies are participating…
Listen to internet radio with ALRPRA Inc on Blog Talk Radio There are a few factors we should consider when exploring cloud computing options. Software and technology attorney Marcus Harris of Marcus Stephen Harris, LLC recently appeared on LawTalkRadio to talk about the legal issues you should note when moving to the cloud and selecting…
For many companies, switching from an on-premise software solution to a Cloud solution seems like a no brainer. But before switching, a company needs to fully understand some of the risks inherent with a Cloud solution. Storing your data in the Cloud means trusting a third party to look after it; which means you lose…
A strong and recognizable domain name is critical for a successful business. However, coming up with a good domain name that allows you to grow your business, avoids the inadvertent infringement of the intellectual property rights of others, but still generates brand equity is incredibly difficult. Coming up with a domain name that is both…
Technology Attorney, Marcus Stephen Harris: I think that other telecom companies will certainly challenge the FCC’s authority to promulgate regulations concerning net neutrality. They will most likely do it in venues other than the venue where Verizon and Metro PCS’ filed their challenges. This will most likely result in certain cases being dropped in favor…
On January 20th, the attorneys of Marcus Stephen Harris attended the midVentures Design+Develop Series intro to iPhone and Android App development. The discussion was geared to designers, developers and product managers. Uki D. Lucas of ChicagoAndroid and Chris Grove, CTO of KeyLimeTie talked about the differences in developing apps for each platform. The comments were…