Whether you own a small business or operate a large corporation, you may have entered into a contract with another company. Ideally, businesses enter into contracts with the intent to benefit both parties. When one party fails to meet their end of a contractual...
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Are patent trolls impeding innovation?
Patent holders have every right to assert their intellectual property rights through whatever legal means are at their disposal. The practice of accumulating patents for the sole purpose of extracting value from them, however, has gained an unfavorable reputation...
Questions linger 26 years after one of America’s deadliest airplane crashes
May 11th, 1996, was a day that would forever change the aircraft industry and the lives of many who worked in it. One of those people, aircraft mechanic Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, remains missing to this day. A fire that shouldn't have started The story begins with...
What happens if a competitor violates my patent?
Patents are legal tools that provide an inventor the exclusive ownership of their product or process. Inventors looking to protect their intellectual property with a patent must prepare and apply for patent protections with the United States Patent and Trademark...
Why do business partnerships so often fail?
A business partnership might sound like a good idea in the beginning. A whole world of possibility awaits, you are probably working side by side with someone you like and trust, and you don't have to face business challenges alone. What could go wrong? A lot, it turns...
Engineering or human error: What causes aviation accidents?
Airplanes and air travel have become remarkably safe. Despite a slight increase in aviation fatalities in 2020, commercial air travel has enjoyed a downward trend in fatalities over the past couple decades. Reuters reports that fatalities have dropped from 1,015 in...
Understanding breach of fiduciary duty in business law
Fiduciaries are common in the business context. Corporate officers, directors, business partners, managing members and other key decision-makers are often considered fiduciaries. As such, they are held to high standards when carrying out their responsibilities....
How an NDA can support your business
Owning a business comes with making many decisions. In addition to managing the overall profit and loss, you also need to decide what contracts and protections you need to support your company. Having your employees and the people you do business with sign a...
Can passengers sue the airline for in-flight injuries?
A flight does not need to end in a catastrophic accident for passengers to be able to sue the airline. Passengers can also take legal action if they get injuries during their flight. In-flight injuries are not that common. Still, they do happen, and airlines must know...
Amazon moves away from arbitration in customer disputes
As one of the globe’s preeminent corporations, Amazon’s dispute resolution strategies attract extensive scrutiny. One of the company’s recent decisions regarding customer disputes has raised both praise and criticism from voices across many industries. Recently,...