Kristie Rearick

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Franchising requires a balance of entrepreneurial risk taking with adherence to a brand wide system. The system needs to be unique to draw customers but simple enough to be replicated across geographies. The brand needs to promise a reliable customer experience while entertaining innovations to keep mature customers interested while attracting new guests.

By Craig R. Tractenberg

5 minute read

January 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Nearly everyone agrees that high-speed passenger rail is a great idea. As Brightline high-speed rail makes its debut in South Florida, it's time to focus more attention on passengers and crews.

By Howard Spier

5 minute read

January 24, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

With a price that skyrocketed more than 1,600 percent in 2017 alone, it's no wonder that the now infamous cryptocurrency Bitcoin has become something of a cultural phenomenon.

By Matthew Decker

6 minute read

January 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Wealthy men are cheating on their wives—with their accountants and lawyers. They carry on these affairs in exotic locales known for banking secrecy and regulations that make it possible to hide billions of dollars in marital assets.

By Edward H. Davis Jr., John Silbermann and Nyana Miller

5 minute read

January 24, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Stockholder M&A challenges in the Delaware Court of Chancery have declined in the wake of the well-known Trulia (and its federal corollary Walgreens) and Corwin decisions, which respectively reduced incentives for pre-closing M&A challenges by outlining a strict standard of review for disclosure-only settlements; and confirmed that, regardless of whether the process at issue complied with Revlon, transactions approved by an informed and uncoerced stockholder vote are subject to the protections of the business judgment rule.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

8 minute read

January 23, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adds a provision to the tax code which disallows a deduction for amounts paid to settle a sexual harassment or abuse claim if that settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement. Section 162(q) to the Internal Revenue Code now disallows a deduction for any payment “related to sexual harassment or abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement.”

By  Marvin A. Kirsner

5 minute read

January 23, 2018 | Daily Business Review

On Dec. 8, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted China Agritech's certiorari petition in Resh v. China Agritech, 857 F. 3d 994 (9th. Cir. 2017). In accepting certiorari, the Supreme Court will decide whether a class action filing tolls the limitations period for putative class members who wish to file additional class actions—an issue that fundamentally impacts the often-criticized practice of filing successive class action litigations.

By Erica Rutner

5 minute read

January 23, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

If the survival and growth of your business depends on the development of new technology, the beginning of the new year is a good time to think about your intellectual property (IP) protection and how it can be improved.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

6 minute read

January 22, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Smart StrategyRealization rates continue to decline in the legal industry, according to the most recent Georgetown Law/Peer Monitor report, demonstrating…

By Marcie Borgal Shunk

7 minute read

January 22, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I thought I would begin 2018 by telling you about a very industrious and special law firm that will remain—anonymous—who has begun the year in an outstanding way from a marketing perspective. I have the great privilege of working with some of the best lawyers in the state and this firm is at the top of my list—now more than ever.

By Stacy West Clark

5 minute read