Legal & Regulations

Who Owns the Code: Must-Have Contract LanguageIntegrators might be accidentally giving 'co-ownership' to clients of every system they have ever programmed by not using the right contract language.
NSCA 2013 Web Events Focus on Strategies, TacticsAssociation will focus on "what every integrator needs to know" in new webinar series.
CI Summit 2012: Networking, Learning … Venting24 top integration firm leaders met at the first annual CI Summit to share challenges, confer about solutions and do some healthy venting. Check out a breakdown of the exclusive event.
Fiscal Cliff: 5 Business Lessons to LearnFive lessons from the U.S. government's inability to solve the debt crisis as the fiscal cliff looms.
How to Sell an Integration FirmBusiness owners looking to sell their operations are benefitting from the most favorable market in years. Determining a fair price tag, though, remains difficult.
Using Acoustic Skills to Test Speech IntelligibilityNew NFPA fire regulations require certain areas of commercial buildings called Acoustically Distinguishable Spaces (ADS) to be tested for Speech Intelligibility for clarity of emergency voice evacuation systems.
How to Control Workers’ Comp CostsWe explain what integrators can do to reduce costs, minimize risk and basically control workers’ comp costs.
BroadSign Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy ProtectionDigital signage software maker lists debt of $10 million to $50 million, intends to auction most of its assets.
Regulatory Changes That Impact IntegratorsUninformed commercial integrators can unwittingly trigger costly fines that kill project profitability.
Major TV Companies to Pay $553M for Price-FixingAfter a five-year investigation, Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi, Epson and three other manufacturers agree to pay $553 million to settle price-fixing claims for LCDs.