By: Jaclyn Flint — PartnerTrademarks and service marks are some of the most powerful assets available to market goods and services because they create brand identity and loyalty. Trademarks and service marks can include words, phrases, symbols, or...
Dispute resolution and litigation have become a cost of doing business in the United States of America. For uninsured losses, the cost of litigation goes directly to the business owners’ bottom line. For insured losses, litigation costs and...
Times are difficult right now due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and buildings have been shut down, and many thousands of people have lost their jobs or have been forced to tighten their economic belts. It stands to reason that, as a...
It has been approximately six months since COVID-19 first began to impact our daily lives significantly, changing how we interact with each other and how we interact with businesses as consumers. The cancellation of major league and college sports...
The Indiana Court of Appeals recently published a decision that is instructive about noncompete agreements. In Zollinger v. Wagner-Meinert Eng’g, LLC, 146 N.E.3d 1160 (Ind. Ct. App., April 23, 2020), the court was faced with interpreting a...
Immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry was experiencing tremendous growth in nearly all market segments in all areas of the country. The pandemic has many contractors rethinking their growth plans for 2020 and beyond....
A tenant leasing retail, office, warehouse, or industrial space can sometimes find itself in a position where its lease expiration date is months or years away, but the tenant no longer wants that space. On the positive side, this may happen...
On March 6, 2020, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order 20-02 which declared a public health emergency in the State of Indiana resulting from the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). Executive Order 20-02[1] was...
Companies restarting their businesses post-pandemic shutdown will be seeking creative ways to both renew customers and find new pipelines of business. Those whose majority owners qualify may do so by seeking certification as a minority, veteran,...
(Sixth in a series) This article continues our series relating to the Covid-19 legislation and briefly addresses today’s updated guidance issued by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) on the Paycheck Protection Program loan program under the...
Some people are unlucky enough to find themselves subject to criminal prosecution and a civil lawsuit, all for the same underlying incident. If you find yourself in this situation, you may face a difficult decision. On the one hand, the Fifth...
This is the fifth in a series of articles in response to the COVID-19 federal legislation and benefit programs. This article discusses the regulations — published and effective today, April 6, 2020—by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) as...