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Protecting Your Brewery, Brew Pub or Distillery’s Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and Customers From Former Employees
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
Your company’s recipes, methodologies and customer base are what distinguish it from the competition. If this information is disclosed to third parties, it could detrimentally hurt your business because a competitor could seemingly replicate the same or similar beverage. It is important that you protect your company’s trade secrets, customer relationship and other confidential information from employees, especially the brew master or distiller, in the event the employment relationship ends. Continue reading
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Toys “R” Us Returning After Bankruptcy?
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About a year after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Toys “R” Us appears to be making a return to the retail market as a national chain. After the former toy retail giant liquidated its business last year, its lenders took control of the company’s intellectual property, which includes the Toys… Continue reading
It’s Not Just About the Alimony – 2019 and the Current Tax Laws
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Towards the end of 2018, all talk was about the 2018 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act and its changes to the treatment of alimony. The deductibility of alimony for payors (and the inclusion of alimony in income for the recipients) ended in 2018. There were rushes to the courthouse in order… Continue reading
Alfonso Ribeiro Denied Copyright for the “Carlton Dance”
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The United States Copyright Office has denied a copyright submission over the “Carlton dance,” which was a routine first popularized on the hit 90s show, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor who played Carlton on the show, submitted three copyright applications over his dance routine to the… Continue reading
Limits to Confidentiality: A Potential Divorce Mediation Pitfall
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What are the limits to confidentiality at divorce mediation? This issue is of growing interest given the rise of mediation as a sensible and cost-effective alternative to divorce litigation.
Franchisor of Popular Frutta Bowls Chain Lands In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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The wave of retail bankruptcy filings has crash landed on the burgeoning fruit bowl industry. Frutta Bowls Franchising, LLC, the franchisor for the popular “Frutta Bowls” chain filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of New Jersey on February 15th (Case No.: 19-13230). According to… Continue reading
Amazon 2-Day Free Shipping to Serve Divorce Papers: The Bezos Divorce through the Lens of New Jersey Law
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Earlier this month, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie announced their plans to divorce, setting off speculation as to what would occur with their estimated $138 billion in net worth. From a first glance, you may assume that the Bezos divorce would be much more acrimonious and hard… Continue reading
Construction Litigation Jurisdiction in Federal Court or State Court
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In the context of construction litigation, a question may arise whether a matter should be initiated in state court or federal court. Each Court might have jurisdiction to hear the matter under several different theories. Discussed below are the principal manners in which it is determined whether a state court… Continue reading
Things Remembered Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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53 –year old gift engraver and retailer, Things Remembered Inc., filed on Wednesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware docket #19-10234. The chain operates more than 400 locations, nationally, and expects to close about 250 stores in its initial efforts to reorganize under the Bankruptcy Code…. Continue reading
Charlotte Russe Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (“Charlotte Russe”), the women’s fashion retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware docket #19-10201. The chain operates more than 500 locations, nationally, and is closing about 90 stores in its initial efforts to reorganize under the Bankruptcy Code. CNN reports that… Continue reading
