Kristie Rearick

April 03, 2018 | Daily Business Review

As the popularity of e-commerce continues to rise, some retailers are pressured to close brick and mortar stores or convert them into other uses.

By Steven D. Weber

5 minute read

April 03, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Collins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court will decide whether police need a warrant to search a motor vehicle close to a person's home. The justices will try to balance powerful Fourth Amendment pressures on both sides—the traditionally strong protection of privacy interests at a person's home weighted against the traditionally low protection for privacy interests in automobiles.

By Stephen A. Miller and Pamela Dorian

6 minute read

April 02, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the Intellectual Property supplement for the Legal, find out why trending trademarks always fail, how to stop fake reviews and how to manage…

By The Legal Intelligencer

4 minute read

April 02, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Anderson v. Credit One Bank, Case No. 16-2496 (2d Cir., March 7), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed decisions of both the District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York in addressing the enforceability of arbitration clauses in bankruptcy proceedings.

By Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr. and Drew S. McGehrin

7 minute read

April 02, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

By now, who has not heard the name Stormy Daniels? Yes, the adult film star who will forever be linked to President Donald J. Trump. With so much news regarding nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), it got this writer to thinking about the enforceability of NDAs in our state.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

10 minute read

April 02, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Protection of intellectual property is a key element in any company's efforts to secure a competitive advantage.

By Gretchen L. Temeles, Christiane Campbell, Vicki G. Norton and Amanda Abelmann

9 minute read

April 02, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Intellectual property law protecting fictional—or literary—characters has evolved to recognize that it is often the protagonist or antagonist within a creative work that leave the longest-lasting impression on the audience.

By Nicole J. O'Hara

9 minute read

April 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Imagine this scenario: Your client creates the next big thing, 2018's “it” product. With your assistance, that client takes the traditional steps to protect and promote the product: signs nondisclosure agreements with suppliers; obtains trademarks to protect the brand; applies for patents to safeguard the concept; and receives required agency approvals. The client exhausts countless resources, and overcomes repeated challenges, to finally bring the product to market.

By M. Kelly Tillery and Adam B. Fischer

9 minute read

March 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the heyday of the video-sharing service Vine, Kayla Newman, a Chicago-area teen, birthed a new catchphrase for the millennial generation with two words—“on fleek.”

By Jenna Loadman and Tyler Marandola

8 minute read

March 30, 2018 | Pro Mid Market

These days, everybody's got a smartphone. Well, everybody except for me and your grandma. But, for everybody else, they've got an array of personal electronic devices via which to access all of those important things on the internet—such as business information and YouTube videos where people fall.

By Jared D. Correia

5 minute read