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Wealthy Individual, You Just Filed for Chapter 11. What Are You Going to do Next? I'm Going to Disney World!

Written By Lance P. Martin

Although Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is more commonly associated with business reorganization, an individual or married couple also may use Chapter 11 to reorganize debts.  In fact, Chapter 11 has …

Believe It, Or Not: Social Media Information Can Be A Trade Secret

Written By E. Bradley Evans and Joseph A. Schouten

Because social media is now a vital advertising tool for businesses, it is important that your business be able to protect its social media accounts, messages, and information from unauthorized use or access.  Recent …

Intellectual Property Rights: A Necessary Ingredient of a Brewer's Brand Strategy

Written By Angela P. Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP, FIP and Norman J. Leonard

Intellectual property rights were on the minds of many brewers at this year's Craft Brewers Conference ("CBC") in Washington, D.C. The CBC workshops on trademark and copyright protection were well attended.  The takea…

New House Bill Proposes to Amend the FLSA by Making Comp Time Arrangements Legal in the Private Sector

Written By Devon D. Williams

On April 9, 2013, Alabama Representative, Martha Roby, introduced the Working Families Flexibility Act, which, if passed, will amend the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and allow private sector employers the option of pr…

There Seems To Be An Uptick In FDIC Lawsuits Against Directors And Officers

2013 is shaping up to be a bad year for former directors and officers of seized financial institutions. Cornerstone Research, a consulting firm, has issued a report entitled "Characteristics of FDIC Lawsuits against Direc…

Community Associations Legislative Update – What Happens in Raleigh Does Not Stay in Raleigh

Written By Adam M. Beaudoin and Lee C. Hodge

The North Carolina General Assembly is in the midst of its "long" session and has been considering a number of pieces of legislation of which community association managers and the members of the boards of directors of con…