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The “sharing economy” (also known as the “peer economy” or “gig economy”) in which individuals earn money from allowing strangers to use their underused assets, has received much attention in recent years.  Uber is a well-known example of a sharing economy company, which allows travelers…
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Progress is painful, or so it has been said. But, sometimes, it need not be as painful as we make it. It seems to me that often the “pain” related to progress results from recalcitrant, “old school” thinking or methods sneaking into or clashing with…
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Let’s play a word association game. I say “Intellectual property.” Your three most likely responses are: “patent,” “copyright,” and “trademark.” The federal government agrees. It has enacted statutes and created government agencies to guard and enforce your rights in those special forms of property. Indeed,…
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In construction law, there is no better bargaining chip than the threat of a mechanic’s lien, and that chip just got bigger.  It is a given that commercial landlords subject themselves to the risk of a mechanic’s lien anytime they contract for improvements to their…
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It has been about three weeks since the release of the “Panama Papers” set news outlets abuzz. The documents and related news articles identified politicians, celebrities, and other prominent public figures as clients of a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, and as participating in offshore…
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Arsenio Hall, a late night TV talk show host from the early 1990s, had a segment he called, “Things That Make You Go ‘Hmmmmm’”.  This past Monday, an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Minnesota definitely made criminal tax lawyers across the…
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When a new business is formed by two or more owners, just like a new marriage, the participants often are so enamored with the new endeavor that little attention is given to the possibility that their union may one day come to an end. Buy-Sell…
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