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...
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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,...
Who is at fault in an aviation accident?
As every airline, aircraft manufacturer, pilot and air traffic controller will tell you, aviation accidents are hardly ever just one individual's fault. When an airplane is involved in an accident, finding the exact cause is a labyrinthine process, with multiple...
FAA finally set to introduce database tracking bad pilots
After years of delays, the federal government has finally promised to create a nationwide database that maintains records of bad pilots and violations they made throughout their careers. However, it may take more years before implementation of the program. The Federal...
Trade secrets: What are they, and how can you protect them?
What is the lifeblood of your commercial enterprise? Top-tier management teams in businesses across Texas, California, Colorado and other states where commercial activity prominently flourishes closely ponder that question all the time. Is it a cadre of dynamic and...
Understanding trade dress as intellectual property
Businesses of all sizes rely on marketing in the physical and digital realm. Trade dress is the little extras that help consumers recognize a specific company’s offering. Many are more familiar with this concept under a different name: branding. “Being the brand”...
Collaborative law for business disputes: Three things to consider
Business owners and executives are always looking for ways to streamline processes and minimize excessive costs. Unfortunately, while looking at business systems, production processes and market analyses for places to trim costs, so many miss the most obvious: legal...

