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Does Bankruptcy Define Your Business?

Trump and Today’s America Part of the Trump Brand has come about from a success story that has arisen due to being able to overcome being bankrupt.  Trump turned around and transformed the brand of a Reality TV show series by the name of, “The Apprentice,”  to eventually triumph from…

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Are Anti-Poaching Agreements on the Way Out? — Elmhurst and Oak Brook Non-Compete Agreement Lawyers

A free market requires a free labor market, and yet many of the politicians who claim a free market as a central component of our democracy actively work against the formation and maintenance of a free labor market. A free labor market means workers are free to work for the…

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Bad Business Etiquette: Let Locals Breathe

A suburban business in Chicago is under scrutiny for implementation of a system in which the way the business allegedly sterilized caused emissions of a cancer-causing substance. The operational facility provides sterilization services to the medical, pharmaceutical and food industries.  Ironically, the health damage by its emissions cause might make…

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Lawsuits and the Exploring of Inclusivity and Diversity as a way to Avoid Litigation — Chicago and Hinsdale Employment Lawyers

With the increase in sensitivities to gender and race discrimination and the resulting lawsuits, more corporations are seeking ways in which to help cater for the divisions in gender and background of employees. Sexual harassment suits have gone up in the light of the #metoo and many other ethnic-related and…

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WeWork Must Redraft its Covenants Not to Compete — Best Chicago Area Non-Compete Agreement Attorneys

The Non-Compete All contracts are subject to scrutiny before the law, especially when a dispute arises, including employment ones.  The importance of fair and just contracts always comes up in the media spotlight and the courts.  If a contract is too much in favor of one party who has far…

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Bridal Shop Pays the Price for Using Copyrighted Photos — Best Chicago Area Copyright Lawyers

If you’re going to claim that the use of certain content counts as fair use, you should probably know what “fair use” means. The fair use doctrine allows people limited use of copyrighted content without the need to get permission from the copyright holder first, but the law is specific…

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Shareholder 101: A Failure to Disclose Can Become Subject to a Lawsuit

The primary laws that govern the disclosures to shareholders and the marketplace include the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  These laws have come subject to scrutiny in the Camping World Holdings, Inc.…

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Is Sacha Baron Cohen’s Prank Worth $95M? — Best Chicago Area Defamation and Libel Lawyers

With all the talk around Roy Moore’s alleged sexual misconduct around young girls, including a Pulitzer-Prize winning article in The Washington Post, it’s hard to believe one actor’s prank could make much of a difference, but Moore alleges it did. For an episode of his show, Who Is America? that…

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Jones Pleas First Amendment, Judge Doesn’t Buy It — Oak Brook and Chicago Defamation and Libel Lawyers

As Alex Jones prepares to deal with the shutdown of several of his social media pages (including four Facebook pages and his Infowars YouTube channel), he also has to contend with multiple defamation lawsuits that have been filed against him, at least one of which will soon be moving forward.…

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