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From Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Associate General Counsel and national counsel for trademark enforcement at Lorillard Tobacco Company.

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The second best way to do it

Posted on January 01, 2010
In preparing to rule in the recent two week trial that ended between online auction titan eBay and classified ad giant Craigslist, the presiding judge reportedly noted that any ruling he would make would not be a “grand slam home run” for either side...

Top 100 blogs for business students

Posted on December 10, 2009
I’ll make this quick. Just wanted to share with you all that my Business Law blog over on AllBusiness.com was recently ranked number 18 among the top 100 must read ethics blogs for business students. When you think about it, aren’t we all still students?

Conduct business internationally with more confidence

Posted on December 02, 2009
Only one day left to submit your most important question about the legal aspects of doing business internationally to Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer in advance of my hosting international legal expert Carol Emory tomorrow night at 8pm Eastern and 5 pm Pacific...

International legal surprises - take China?s new anti-monopoly law for example

Posted on November 30, 2009
Legal systems develop in response to the needs of economic growth. It’s therefore little surprise that as China’s economy has mushroomed, so too has its corresponding body of laws and regulations. Among its newest additions is an anti-monopoly law that went into effect last year...

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Quote of the day: raise employees? game, not defenses

Posted on November 26, 2009
You want to challenge people to get them to raise their game, as opposed to criticizing them, which makes them raise their defenses. William D. Green, chairman and C.E.O. of Accenture, as interviewed by the New York Times, November 22, 2009. Mr. Green makes a good point, one that also has valuable implications for managing legal risk [...

Avoiding international legal headaches: 4 tips and an opportunity

Posted on November 20, 2009
If your business is engaged in international transactions you may be interested to know that law enforcement officials are increasingly collaborating across borders on investigations of a host of illegal activities ranging from the antitrust violations, to tax evasion, to bribery of foreign officials, financial fraud, and more...

Framed? Multiple perspectives.

Posted on November 12, 2009
Last week I wrote an article for my AllBusiness.com Business Law blog titled “How you frame the legal issue matters.” Yesterday, I read how Joe Halderman, the TV producer who allegedly tried to extort money from David Letterman is now claiming the alleged shake down was really offering Letterman the right of first refusal to [...

FCPA enforcement: 3 traps and 4 antidotes

Posted on November 08, 2009
If you conduct business internationally you may be interested in reading the new FCPA Digest: Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issued by the firm of Shearman & Sterling. What’s interesting is that enforcement agencies around the world are cooperating more and sharing intelligence among each other...

Worried about losing your job?

Posted on October 26, 2009
If you’re concerned about what to do or say if you think you might be terminated from your job you’ll want to attend a complimentary teleseminar by on October 29, 2009 at 8 pm Eastern ( 5 pm Pacific) when I interview nationally syndicated legal correspondent and co-author of the new book “So Sue me, [...

How mindfulness can help your business thrive

Posted on October 23, 2009
There was an interesting article in the New York Times recently titled “How Mindfulness Can Make for Better Doctors.” The piece describes how time pressures and multi-tasking is causing burnout. Burnout is problematical because it not only leads to dissatisfaction but also causes doctors to “depersonalize patients and treat them as objects rather than as individuals [...

Trademark literacy: no wine and cheese party

Posted on October 15, 2009
A trademark smackdown is reportedly brewing between World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and the Philadelphia Wine School over the word “smackdown.” Apparently the Wine School has been holding a competition for food and wine pairings since 2007 called “Sommelier Smackdown...

No Nonsense Lawyer interviews ?So Sue Me, Jackass!? author Amy Epstein Feldman

Posted on October 13, 2009
On October 29th at 8PM EST (5PM PST) I’m privileged to be interviewing Amy Epstein Feldman who is a nationally syndicated legal correspondent and the general counsel of the Judge Group, Inc. She is also the co-author of a new book, with the colorful title: So Sue Me Jackass! Oct 29th is the anniversary of the [...

Quote of the Day: when risk is a hot topic

Posted on September 29, 2009
For unsuccessful companies, risk is a hot topic in the depths of a recession. For great companies, it’s a hot topic at the height of a boom. Geoff Colvin, “Time to Plan For the Next Recession,” Washington Post, September 29, 2009 Managing business risk when times are good is smart advice...

Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer interviews Kathy Lang on September 30, 2009

Posted on September 28, 2009
Businesses today are getting sued more than ever before. A lawsuit can pop up almost any time and any place. A customer slips and falls at your store or office, an employee or customer complain, or competitor sends a demand letter. How do you protect yourself and your business? If you’re not sure and you want [...

Enron ? the musical

Posted on September 27, 2009
The Enron story has been turned into a musical according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. It opened this month in London at the Royal Court theater to strong reviews and hopes to come to Broadway in the spring. Columbia Pictures acquired the film rights, so who knows, it might be opening to [...

New wage and hour math in NY

Posted on September 24, 2009
In the State of New York it will pay employers to be legally literate starting November 25, 2009. That’s when a new state law goes into effect that gets tougher on wage and hour violations. More specifically, the penalty for complaints about wage and hour violations will increase from $200 to $1,000 and for employers who [...

Are you a deer caught in headlights?

Posted on September 18, 2009
All too often managers and executives act like deer caught in headlights when faced with a potential lawsuit. It often ends the same way. Bam! Fall is coming and it’s almost deer hunting season. While litigation isn’t seasonal, the opportunity to hear super lawyer Kathy Lang tell you how to avoid being litigation road kill is...

Redskins? fumble court of public opinion (part 2 of 2)

Posted on September 16, 2009
The simple collection matter involving a 72 year Washington, D.C. grandmother who defaulted on her Washington Redskins? season ticket contract after the housing bubble burst turned into unwanted media attention. Yesterday we discussed the legal literacy lesson of never ignoring a lawsuit...

Redskins? fumble court of public opinion

Posted on September 15, 2009
It started out as a simple collection matter. A customer had committed to purchase something by way of contract. They failed to pay. The company contacted them several times. When the customer still didn’t pay they sued. The customer still didn’t respond and the court issued a default judgment...

Quote of the day: the role of culture

Posted on September 09, 2009
Safety advocates who favor outlawing multitasking behind the wheel say the new generation of back-seat hawks may be playing a crucial role in changing the culture - much as they did in helping enforce seat belt laws - in a way these advocates say laws alone may not be able to...

Labor Day Reflections

Posted on September 04, 2009
As we slide into the Labor Day weekend in the U.S., I want to share with you a newly released study that contains some disturbing conclusions about wage-law violations involving low-wage workers. The 72 page study is titled “Broken laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of employment and labor laws in America’s Cities” and surveyed over 4,000 workers in low-wage industries [...

Twin Sweet Spots

Posted on August 28, 2009
So much of what I come across is examples of businesses that miss the boat on legal literacy, who don’t leverage the law for competitive advantage, and who don’t sidestep legal problems while they are still small and inexpensive to manage...

The recession?s impact on lawsuits

Posted on August 18, 2009
Lawsuits typically increase during a recession, but according to a recent article that is not the case during this recession (except for bankruptcy and employment suits of course). What’s different this time around? According to the report, Elizabeth Scully, a partner at Baker Hostetler, says the high cost of electronic discovery has a lot to do with [...

?Twink? before you tweet

Posted on August 13, 2009
The need for legal literacy doesn’t end with new fangled technology platforms such as Twitter. Just because Twitter is fast and easy doesn’t mean that others won’t try to hold you accountable for what you say. Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want...

The ethics of foreclosures and late fees

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The rules by which servicers are reimbursed for expenses may provide a perverse incentive to foreclose rather than modify” Recent paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, quoted by The New York Times, July 30, 2009. I’ve written about the distinction between law and ethics before...

New legal weapon for protecting integrity of distribution channels

Posted on July 24, 2009
Managing product distribution channels is a critical part of business. Goods need to go the right place. For electrical appliances, voltage requirements and power cord prong configurations, for example, must match the end use market. A mismatch detracts from functionality...

Too good to miss

Posted on July 22, 2009
I just got off the phone with my friend Nicholas Chen. We were brainstorming about our interview Wednesday evening on Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer. (It’s at 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific.) Nic is as entertaining as he is informative and he will definitely have some very interesting stories to tell as well as tips about the [...

Sotomayor and business contracts

Posted on July 15, 2009
The significance of the rule of law in business was underscored during the current confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In speaking about her experience as a lawyer in private practice, Sotomayor is reported saying, In business, the predictability of law may be the most necessary in the sense that people organize their business relationships [...

Quote of the Day: It?s your job to know

Posted on July 13, 2009
We thought he knew and he definitely should have known. He’s an investor. It’s his job to know. We thought the tape was damning. Jury foreman David Murphy discussing the conviction of Frederic Bourke Jr. (the co-founder of handbag maker Dooney & Bourke Inc...

Quote of the Day: We still admire dignity

Posted on July 08, 2009
Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. David Brooks, “In Search of Dignity,” New York Times, July 7, 2009 Brooks’ article speaks of dignity as a moral strength, a code of behavior that places the greater good above personal interests...

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