A Quick Overview of Intellectual Property Rights Do you remember when Taylor Swift got sued for copyright infringement by a group named 3LW? How about when the Beatles sued Apple over a trademark dispute? Or who could forget when Barbie sued the Bratz because a toy maker changed jobs? All of these were cases brought…
Constructing a Contract One of the main challenges in construction, of course, is that projects are usually extended over a long period of time, and during that time, a multitude of unforeseen events can occur. Most litigation problems arise when one party breaches a contract, so your contract terms are incredibly important. As you look…
How to Win a Lawsuit: Facts & Law Let’s say you have a nice, profitable business with your best friend from college. It’s been humming along for the past fifteen or so years, when tragically, your best friend suffers a head injury. They were base jumping while in the throes of a mid-life crisis in…
How to Win a Lawsuit: Emotional Attrition “Can you see her?” In the penultimate scene of that fantastic legal drama, A Time to Kill, Matthew McConoughey brilliantly demonstrates what can be done when your client doesn’t have a legal leg on which to stand. As you will no doubt remember if you’ve seen the movie…
How to Win a Lawsuit: Financial Attrition “If you’re going to go to war, you better be sure you have enough money to win it. If not, the wise thing to do is settle with your enemy.” That’s what you’d call a layman’s paraphrase of a couple of old verses by a wise man named…
Google Didn’t Go To Law School One time I had a headache that lasted three days. I Googled it and ended up convinced I had either a brain tumor or was about to keel over from sky-high cholesterol. Either way, for a few hours I was sure my days were numbered. You may mock me,…
