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It has been nearly ten years since the National Association of Manufacturers published its landmark study of the impact of government regulation on the manufacturing industry.

When many companies consider protecting a new product line (or a newly acquired one), they automatically start (and stop) thinking of intellectual property (IP) protection by thinking “get a patent”. 

Workplace violence has become a topic of increasing concern among corporate leaders.

Intellectual property is brain power behind many of today’s successful businesses, ranging from start-ups to well established enterprises, and it is hardly limited only to technology companies these days.

A business owner decided to open a new store named “Ten and Under”. He called his Secretary of State’s office to incorporate his company. The agent there said there was already a company with that same name, but kindly offered ...

In thinking of the current corporate compliance landscape, I am reminded of the warning found on the side-view mirrors of automobiles: “Objects may be closer than they appear.”

By Andrew J. Williams, Attorney at Law While the COVID-19 pandemic has obviously resulted in far-reaching and fundamental impacts to the commercial real estate market, one phenomenon I have noticed in my leasing practice is the increased interest and focus ...

For most of the time period between the conclusion of the global financial crisis and the recent coronavirus pandemic, growth in the legal industry had been modest at best. Until the 12 months trailing the COVID-19 outbreak, demand had consistently ...

So, your engineering department informs you that it just developed a new product that can perform a task in half the time of competitive products, that no one else markets such a product, and that they believe it is patentable. ...

Though news of businesses reorganizing under Chapter 11 is fairly common, many of the practical realities for small businesses are not as well known: the rules are complicated, challenging, and not traditionally well-designed for their needs. Small businesses entering Chapter ...