Negotiating with creditors can be a very complicated issue, and Jerry Silberman reveals tips and best practices with Jim Blasingame, including how to find leverage and how to get help.

When a state law is passed to regulate the Internet, it creates many unintended consequences. Steve DelBianco talks to Jim Blasingame about the lawsuit his organization brought against the state of Maine over its Predatory Marketing Law.

How can tax reform be the best way to reform health care? John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to discus how the current health care reform debate could be solved with a closer look at tax policy.

Does the U.S. have an innovation challenge? Ken Krosin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there is a decrease in patent applications in the U.S. as a result of the economy causing companies to cut back on R&D. They also discuss the competitive dangers this poses for the U.S.

Do you need to become a small business law warrior? Marjorie Jobe says yes, and she talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the critical legal issues small business owners need to know about, including contracts and incorporating.

How does a small business avoid being involved in a lawsuit, whether a defendant or a plaintiff? Matthew Cartwright talks with Jim Blasingame about a few fundamental ideas that will not only help you avoid being a party to lawsuits, but will likely increase your success and make life more enjoyable.

Isn't justice supposed to be blind?Could "empathetic justice" hurt small businesses? Jim Copland joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the implications of promoting judges who are intentionally empathetic to those who come before the court, including one national case and one local case that hurt a small business.

Will the current anti-trust division of the U.S. Justice Department create problems for businesses? George Priest talks with Jim Blasingame about the problems that could manifest as a result of a desire to make U.S. anti-trust look like that of Europe. They also talk about how this could hurt small business and entrepreneurship.

President Obama has said he will choose judges who have "empathy" as they rule from the bench. Jim Blasingame knows first-hand what judicial empathy looks like and he talks about his personal experience as a business owner who proved his case in a lawsuit, but was denied justice because the judge made a final ruling - admittedly - based on empathy, rather than evidence, testimony, facts and the law.

Could government involvement in the Chrysler and GM bankruptcies impact small business? Steve Moore says yes, in many ways, as he explains to Jim Blasingame, plus they discuss the Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination and the climate change debate.