Tag Archives: Business Litigation

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Document Production Is A Crucial Step In Commercial Litigation

This morning on anchor.fm, Chris Werner spent a few minutes talking to entrepreneurs and small and medium sized business owners about the importance of document production in litigation. While large businesses may be well versed in litigation issues, entrepreneurs and smaller businesses ofter are confused by the process. The following is an overview of document production. What Is Document Production? One of the early steps in most commercial litigation is...

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Three Strategies To Help Businesses Minimize Litigation Risk

This morning on anchor.fm, Chris Werner talked about a question he is often asked by small and medium sized business clients, "how do I make sure my business doesn't get sued?" As Chris explained, the quick answer is that there is no way to guarantee that your business won't get sued. If you are in business long enough, and if you are successful enough, there is a good chance that your business...

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Make Sure Your Commercial Litigation Attorney Understands Social Media

Today on anchor.fm, Chris Werner discusses why you should make sure your commercial litigation attorney understands social media. Social media is an incredible source of information relevant to business disputes. The discovery rules in most courts allow you to collect and use information from social media accounts. However, in order to take advantage of this, your litigation attorney needs to understand the platforms. I'm not suggesting that your attorney needs...

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DTSA: New Litigation Tool, But You Must Update Your NDAs

The newly signed Defend Trade Secrets Act, or "DTSA" provides companies with new tools to protect their trade secrets. Most importantly, the DTSA allows companies to pursue their trade secret claims in federal court, recover exemplary damages, and recover attorney's fees. However, in order to take advantage of these new tools, companies need to update all of their non-disclosure agreements and make sure to include the required language and disclosure...

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Don’t Panic: How To Survive Business Litigation

Standard Disclaimer: Vidar provides posts in this blog as general information. This is not meant to be specific advice and your business should always talk directly with a lawyer about your individual business needs. You started a business. You survived your first year. You started to make money and hire employees. You continue to expand. Congratulations! You have beaten the odds. Until ... you suddenly find your business involved in...

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Full House Of Interns? Design Your Program To Avoid Litigation.

Standard Disclaimer: Vidar provides posts in this blog as general information. This is not meant to be specific advice and your business should always talk directly with a lawyer about your individual business needs. This week, a former unpaid intern filed a class-action lawsuit against Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's company Dualstar Entertainment Group. One of my clients sent me the story and thanked me for helping them design an internship program that...

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Monkey Selfie – Great Picture, Legal Minefield

Sometimes interesting legal issues come from very unlikely sources. In this case, in 2011, a crested black macaque grabbed photographer David Slater‘s camera and snapped an awesome selfie. Although Mr. Slater apparently admitted that the animal was simply playing around with his camera and snapped the picture, Mr. Slater says he owns the copyright on the picture. Wikipedia posted the image on a page and has refused to remove the image claiming that no one owns the copyright. This is not a new story, but it has recently found new life as a result of the Wikipedia decision. Read more »