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Searching Google and TESS for your exact name isn’t a trademark clearance search. Here’s what a real search covers, and what most DIY searches miss. The post Why Your Google Search Isn’t a Trademark Search (And What a Real One Actually Covers) appeared first on King Patent Law, PLLC. Continue Reading
Revocable and irrevocable trusts sound similar, but they allow you to manage your property in very different ways. A revocable trust keeps you in charge of decision-making. An irrevocable trust asks you to give up some control in exchange for stronger protection. If you own a home, a business, or other high-value asset
You signed the purchase agreement in March. The state still has not approved anything. Your buyer is antsy, your seller wants out, and somebody finally asks the question that keeps cannabis deals up at night: can you operate dispensary while license transfer pending approval? Yes — somebody has to. The store cannot go
Employers may have more flexibility to enforce neutral dress code and uniform policies, even when those policies affect employees’ display of union insignia. On September 2, 2026, in a decision involving Starbucks’ New York Reserve Roastery, the Second Circuit rejected the NLRB’s stringent standard to workplace rules t
The Legal Elite: 10 Lawyers Setting New Standards in 2026 By Emily Standley Allard Sean P. Sullivan Legal disputes rarely unfold according to a fixed formula, particularly in family law. Sean P. Sullivan has built his practice with that reality in mind. As founding partner of SBK Law Group LLP, he considers the particu
Most dispensary KPIs get looked at once a month, in a meeting, off a spreadsheet somebody built on a Sunday night. By then the answers are archaeology. The dead stock is already dead. The best seller already stocked out. The special that quietly ate your margin already ran its full two weeks. We run a... Continue Readi
On June 16, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) announced four new interagency agreements, including new partnerships with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Secretary of Education Linda McMahon describes the HHS partnership as a way the Department “will al
Ancel Glink released Episode 109 of its Quorum Forum Podcast: Quorum Forum Ep. 109: The 100-Year Legacy of Euclid. This year marks 100 years since the United States Supreme Court decided the landmark zoning case, Euclid v. Ambler Realty. In this episode, we share a recorded presentation from Ancel Glink’s David Silverm
Wisconsin has updated its child labor regulations, prompting employers that hire minors to review their compliance practices. Effective June 1, 2026, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) implemented Administrative Rule CR 26-015, a comprehensive update to the state’s child labor regulations. The rule
Thanks to CoBanker and writer Sandra Robbins for quoting me in their 8/31/26 article “How to Create an Employee Handbook.” The entire article is below. An employee handbook compiles company policies, guidelines, expectations, procedures, and pertinent information in one living document that serves as a reference for em
The average person in a DUI case might not be familiar with all of the legal jargon behind a charge. However, you should know two common terms that could be instrumental in protecting your rights: “reasonable suspicion” and “probable cause.” Understanding these terms can help you know whether police followed the law. A
AbbVie Inc. v. BeiGene, LTD., et al., No. 24-cv-8167, (N.D. Ill. May 12, 2026) (Cummings, J.). Judge Cummings denied defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss AbbVie’s Defend Trade Secrets Act claim. AbbVie alleges that BeiGene lured former AbbVie Senior Research Scientist Dr. Huaqing Liu out of retirement
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