Business Law Archives – Page 4 of 11

Avoid Litigation Through Preparation

August 23rd, 2016

Litigation, while sometimes unavoidable, is an expensive and time-consuming process that can produce unpredictable results. In the context of business transactions, the best way to avoid litigation is to anticipate the potential for future problems �… Read More

Getting Down to Business… The Business of Business Courts, That Is

July 26th, 2016

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word “litigation?” Expensive? Inefficient? Unpredictable? Effective October 17, 2012, Michigan’s Public Act 333 (“Act”) was designed to respond to these common concerns. The Act r… Read More

Trademark Fees on the Rise

July 12th, 2016

Trademark applications are on the rise, and it appears that trademark fees will soon be as well. More than 500,000 class filings were submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2015, and that number is expected to continue… Read More

Next Wave of Disability Litigation? Websites

July 6th, 2016

In March of this year, a California state court ruled that a retailer that sells luggage both from a traditional store location as well as online violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by maintaining a website that was inaccessible to ind… Read More

Director and Officer Liability in the Private Sector

June 14th, 2016

Shortly after my husband and I moved to our current home, I decided to take a turn sitting on our Homeowners’ Association Board of Directors. One of the first issues that arose for the board that year was a dispute from an association member who ac… Read More

Chip-n-Dip (It’s About Security, Not Guacamole)

June 7th, 2016

The move to EMV is in process in the United States. EMV is short for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa’s global standard for chip-equipped credit/debit cards, chip-enabled point-of-service (POS) terminals, and the technology used to authenticate transa… Read More

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: A Basic Primer

June 1st, 2016

What do Coca-Cola Classic®, Big Mac® sauce, and KFC Original Recipe® chicken all have in common? Leaving aside obvious questions about nutritional value, the answer is that each product derives economic value from secret formulas that qualify as i… Read More

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New White Collar Overtime Rules Announced

May 24th, 2016

On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor made official what has long been expected: the minimum salary for employees otherwise ineligible for overtime pay is going to double. Starting December 1, 2016, the threshold salary for overtime… Read More

Agreement to Agree is No Agreement

April 19th, 2016

What happens when parties in a business negotiation “punt” a difficult decision down the field to a later day? Rather than finalize terms on an important issue, they simply pledge that they will “agree to agree” at some point in the future. O… Read More

Ransomware….Don’t Get Taken

March 22nd, 2016

A few weeks ago a client contacted me to let me know that his company’s computer system had been hacked, encrypted and held for ransom. Apparently, a staff member who customarily opens and responds to incoming emails from potential customers and ve… Read More