Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
If a mark owner stops using a trademark for a sufficiently long period, his rights may become vulnerable to third-party claims of abandonment. To maintain a federal trademark registration, trademark owners periodically must file declarations of continued use with the...
Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rest in peace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, may your memory be a blessing. Last week, more than a thousand people gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court to mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September 18, 2020, from cancer at age 87. “Our...
Aug 13, 2020 | Business Litigation, Employment
Antitrust laws, also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by the U.S. government to protect consumers from predatory business practices. Antitrust laws ensure that fair competition exists in an open-market economy. These laws have...
Aug 4, 2020 | Business Law
A misrepresentation can occur where one party to a contract makes a false statement of fact to the other, which the other relies on. There are three types of misrepresentations—innocent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and fraudulent...
Jul 21, 2020 | Michigan Law
The business judgment rule is invoked in lawsuits when a director of a corporation takes an action that affects the corporation, and a plaintiff sues, directly or derivatively (i.e., on behalf of the corporation), alleging that...
Jun 29, 2020 | Business Law, Business Organization, Employment
A limited liability company is a form of business organization combining elements of limited partnerships and corporations. All partnerships consist of individuals who have agreed to run a business together under the terms of a partnership agreement. A...
Jun 19, 2020 | Business Law, Business Organization, Employment
In a case likely to be viewed as the most monumental in the history of American employment law, the U.S Supreme Court, on June 12, 2020, handed down its opinion in Bostock v. Clayton Cty., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3252 (June 12, 2020). The Supreme Court held that an...
May 28, 2020 | Business Law, Business Organization, Employment
A Statute of Limitations is a law that sets the maximum time the parties involved have to initiate legal proceedings from the date of the subject occurrence or alleged offense, whether civil or criminal. The length of time a Statute of Limitations...
May 26, 2020 | Business Law, Business Organization, Employment
A legal injunction is a court order to take a particular action or refrain from it. There are three types of legal injunctions: permanent injunctions; temporary restraining orders; and preliminary injunctions. Temporary restraining orders...
May 20, 2020 | Business Formation, Business Law, Business Organization, Employment
Consideration is what each side in a contract each side must agree to give up to make the contract legally binding. In a contract, one party’s Consideration (thing given) is exchanged for another party’s Consideration. Consideration is...
