Litigation
Trade Secret Protection
The 2016 Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act put federal trade secret protection on par with that for other intellectual property, like copyrights and patents, but without requiring registration or disclosure. The number of state and federal lawsuits using the Act...
Business Reorganization
In these financially troubled times many owners are confronted with the dire choice of saving their businesses or their personal assets. Saving a business can include a reorganization. Your business can reorganize with a bankruptcy (Chapter 11) or a creditor workout....
Successful Mediation Strategies
Mediation is a current name for the structuring of negation between parties in an attempt to resolve a dispute. It involves retaining a mediator(s) or neutral to conduct the mediation, usually selected by the parties for his/her negotiation skills or industry...
Collection, Use and Storage of Biometric Information
Millions of mobile phone, bank, and investment customers now use fingerprint readers, eye scans, and voice recognition technologies as security and privacy enhancing technologies. This biometric information can provide more security than a password, however, once...
Evaluating Litigation Costs
While Americans and their businesses are the most litigious in the world, lawsuits are often filed and defended without consideration of the costs for the litigants. Plaintiffs should consider before suing and defendants before responding. Even if attorney’s...
Arbitration Instead of Litigation
The trend toward arbitrating contractual disputes rather than litigating them in court is prompted not only by court decisions, but many businesses and their associations as well. Arbitration gives your business much greater control of the dispute resolution process...
