You’ve received a call from your client regarding a new lawsuit that’s been filed against them. As trial lawyers, we are conditioned to focus on the nuts and bolts of evaluating a case based on analysis of the legal claims and defenses, factual development and procedural devices (e.g., to answer or move to dismiss). In fact, most trial lawyers have
How much is this going to cost? It is the number one question we get asked by clients who are seeking representation for family law matters. What do you say to a spouse who is unemployed and does not have access to the marital assets? What do you say to clients who simply do not have the cash to pay
It’s easy to ignore the annual escrow reconciliation notice the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) requires mortgage servicers to send borrowers each year. Heck, I sue mortgage servicers for a living and I admit I often shove the piece aside for days before checking to see if it’s accurate. Despite its innocuous appearance, the notice is way more important
How many times have you answered a call from a strange number, only to be greeted by an automated message trying to sell you something you don’t want? Or received a text from a retailer you’ve never heard of promoting their product? Annoying, right? Congress agrees. Accordingly, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 USC § 227, (TCPA) expressly prohibits the
Managing unemployment benefits can be a very important tool for employers who are looking to manage their employment costs. Ohio employers who have at least one employee who has worked for them for 20 weeks are required to pay an unemployment tax. That tax is paid on the first $9,000 of every employee’s wages. The tax rate varies from employer
Your client wants to introduce a new product, but a competitor’s similar product is promoted as “Patent Pending.” What’s the legal effect of that marking? Does this mean your client should forget about pursuing its proposed new product? To sort this out, you first must know what it means to own an issued patent. A U.S. patent is a bundle
Parties to divorce face hard choices and often, emotional trauma. As divorce lawyers, we are tasked with supporting people who have been stripped of the life they once knew and are required to absorb that loss while facing monumental decisions that will have lasting impact on their children and their future; however, our traditional adversary system is often unable to
Minnesota law states that an employer cannot ask a job applicant “to furnish information that pertains to … age” unless a bonafide occupational qualification applies. Minn. Stat. § 363A.08, subd. 4(a)(1). Does this mean that asking for dates of education is prohibited because it “pertains to age?” The answer depends on whether the question is supported by a legitimate reason.
The Supreme Court issued six patent law decisions in its latest term, continuing the Court’s trend of being very interested in intellectual property law. One of those cases dealt with how long a patent owner can “hold it,” so to speak. In SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC.580 U.S. _ (2017), the issue on appeal was whether laches
We have all experienced the excitement of a new purchase, followed closely by the sting of disappointment when that new gadget simply does not do what it claimed. Whether it is a household item or a big-ticket purchase, consumers expect that a company’s representations they relied upon are actually true. So, when that new “thing” doesn’t work, what’s next? Consumers
You’ve received a call from your client regarding a new lawsuit that’s been filed against them. As trial lawyers, we are conditioned to focus on the nuts and bolts of evaluating a case based on analysis of the legal claims and defenses, factual development and procedural devices (e.g., to answer or move to dismiss). In fact, most trial lawyers have
How much is this going to cost? It is the number one question we get asked by clients who are seeking representation for family law matters. What do you say to a spouse who is unemployed and does not have access to the marital assets? What do you say to clients who simply do not have the cash to pay
It’s easy to ignore the annual escrow reconciliation notice the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) requires mortgage servicers to send borrowers each year. Heck, I sue mortgage servicers for a living and I admit I often shove the piece aside for days before checking to see if it’s accurate. Despite its innocuous appearance, the notice is way more important
How many times have you answered a call from a strange number, only to be greeted by an automated message trying to sell you something you don’t want? Or received a text from a retailer you’ve never heard of promoting their product? Annoying, right? Congress agrees. Accordingly, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 USC § 227, (TCPA) expressly prohibits the
Managing unemployment benefits can be a very important tool for employers who are looking to manage their employment costs. Ohio employers who have at least one employee who has worked for them for 20 weeks are required to pay an unemployment tax. That tax is paid on the first $9,000 of every employee’s wages. The tax rate varies from employer
Your client wants to introduce a new product, but a competitor’s similar product is promoted as “Patent Pending.” What’s the legal effect of that marking? Does this mean your client should forget about pursuing its proposed new product? To sort this out, you first must know what it means to own an issued patent. A U.S. patent is a bundle
Parties to divorce face hard choices and often, emotional trauma. As divorce lawyers, we are tasked with supporting people who have been stripped of the life they once knew and are required to absorb that loss while facing monumental decisions that will have lasting impact on their children and their future; however, our traditional adversary system is often unable to
Minnesota law states that an employer cannot ask a job applicant “to furnish information that pertains to … age” unless a bonafide occupational qualification applies. Minn. Stat. § 363A.08, subd. 4(a)(1). Does this mean that asking for dates of education is prohibited because it “pertains to age?” The answer depends on whether the question is supported by a legitimate reason.
The Supreme Court issued six patent law decisions in its latest term, continuing the Court’s trend of being very interested in intellectual property law. One of those cases dealt with how long a patent owner can “hold it,” so to speak. In SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC.580 U.S. _ (2017), the issue on appeal was whether laches
We have all experienced the excitement of a new purchase, followed closely by the sting of disappointment when that new gadget simply does not do what it claimed. Whether it is a household item or a big-ticket purchase, consumers expect that a company’s representations they relied upon are actually true. So, when that new “thing” doesn’t work, what’s next? Consumers
