A breach of fiduciary duty occurs when someone entrusted with managing a business's affairsbetrays the trust placed in them. This could be an officer, a business partner, or a trustedmanager. This person has a duty of loyalty, a duty of care, and a duty...

To obtain and maintain a trademark, you must prove that you have used the mark in commerce. How can you provide an acceptable specimen to satisfy this requirement?

Most of you have agreed to an arbitration procedure and did not even know it. Larger companies often include this provision in their online terms and conditions in the long block of text you have to scroll through before clicking that ‘I Agree’ button to...

Can you simply set up a new company to avoid a judgment or a threat of a lawsuit against an existing company? The answer to this enduring legal myth is “no.” Most definitely, no. At least if the other side has decent business trial lawyers. The Uniform...

Be careful what you waive in the construction business. You may be waving ‘bye-bye’ to dollars with an improper waiver. As a subcontractor or a general contractor, your ability to get paid is tied to your ability to lien and foreclose that lien on a...

If it becomes necessary to file suit and obtain an injunction to stop the misappropriation of your company’s trade secrets, you want to arm your attorney rather than merely looking to them to clean up a mess. What happens when one of your trusted...