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Is It Tam to Rethink Marketing? Trademarking Shock Advertising
Is It Tam to Rethink Marketing? Trademarking Shock Advertising Read more

There’s no better time to talk about shock advertising than during the campaign of...

Techniques to improve small-business owner-exits
Techniques to improve small-business owner-exits Read more

You plan for business success of course. But do you start off with governance documents...

What’s in a Name? Trade names, Fictitious Names, and Trademarks Explained
What’s in a Name? Trade names, Fictitious Names, and Trademarks Explained Read more

Something as simple as a business name can actually cause a lot of headache and...

Advice from all sides
Advice from all sides Read more

Isn’t advice great! Everyone has two cents to give. The Upstart Business Journal...

Birthday Bash. Will the classic jingle survive as proprietary? UPDATE: NO!
Birthday Bash. Will the classic jingle survive as proprietary? UPDATE: NO! Read more

After an adverse ruling back in September, Warner music has decided to settle the...

Regulatory Updates: Ridesharing & Securities
Regulatory Updates: Ridesharing & Securities Read more

Among the myriad regulatory changes in the last few months, at least two are of note to...

Payment Processing Pickle
Payment Processing Pickle Read more

Local payment processor Vantiv is caught square in the middle of the New York effort to...

Highlights of Regulation Crowdfunding
Highlights of Regulation Crowdfunding Read more

After years of lobbying for above-bore crowd-based funding (and an equal number of years...

Trendspotting: Law firm consolidation
Trendspotting: Law firm consolidation Read more

The last two or three years have witnessed considerable consolidation activity among...

Your 2016 small business resolutions
Your 2016 small business resolutions Read more

Start smart. Run strong. Finish with success. It’s never too late to button up...

Papering a proactive solution to business divorces
Papering a proactive solution to business divorces Read more

Ownership disputes within small businesses can become epic battles. Minority owners can...

The Inadvertent Franchise
The Inadvertent Franchise Read more

The franchise model is one of the most popular and effective methods to grow a business....

Early signs of the next bubble?
Early signs of the next bubble? Read more

There has been some chatter this year in the tech startup community that reveals an...

Where there’s a will there’s a way…
Where there’s a will there’s a way… Read more

…Or something like that. Does your business have a will? Not a will to succeed,...

Subcontractor vs Snubbedcontractor; The importance of payment terms.
Subcontractor vs Snubbedcontractor; The importance of payment terms. Read more

Construction is a difficult enough industry by itself without the law creating extra...

Daily Fantasy Sports: A transactional lawyer’s dream industry
Daily Fantasy Sports: A transactional lawyer’s dream industry Read more

There’s an interesting dust up in the fantasy sports world. Apparently employees...

Durable innovation in the sharing economy
Durable innovation in the sharing economy Read more

The latest wave of energy in the startup space is focused on what’s called the...

Unexpected challenges to new business owners
Unexpected challenges to new business owners Read more

A recent article on CBS News highlighted 5 challenges new business owners may face...

Under Armour flexes muscle
Under Armour flexes muscle Read more

The relatively young sportwear brand Under Armour has made a name for itself as an...

The tip of the (drone) blade; exploring commercial deployment of UAV’s
The tip of the (drone) blade; exploring commercial deployment of UAV’s Read more

Drones are exploding into everyday life at an accelerating pace. Just a few years ago...

A Tale of Two City Parks
A Tale of Two City Parks Read more

Cincinnati’s park system is at a crossroads of sorts, caught on the horns of two...

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