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Brian Schnell has left Minneapolis-based law firm Faegre Baker Daniels LLP to become chief operating and legal officer for BrightStar Care', a full-service health care staffing agency. BrightStar provides medical and non-medical homecare to private clients within their homes, and Schnell will oversee the company's field operations team for more than 250 locations nationwide, as well as work on issues related to expansion to new locations for the rapidly growing company.
Lauren Fernandez Staley joined FOCUS Brands in December 2011 as vice president of legal and a member of FOCUS Brands' Executive Committee. She oversees and coordinates all legal services for Carvel' Ice Cream, Cinnabon', Seattle's Best Coffee', Schlotzsky's', Moe's Southwest Grill' and Auntie Anne's' Pretzels. Previously, she was global trademark counsel and associate general counsel for CIBA VISION Corporation and an associate who specialized in trademark and intellectual property at Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, P.C., in Atlanta.
As of Jan. 1, 2012, Keith Miller became the chairman of the Coalition of Franchisee Associations, replacing David Glodowski, whose two-year term was completed. Miller is a member of the North American Association of Subway Franchisees. Other new CFA board members are Robert Branca, vice chairman, a member of the Dunkin' Donuts Independent Franchise Owners, Inc.; Alkesh Patel, secretary, who is director at-large for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association; and Ron Soto, treasurer, who is the executive director of the Meineke Dealers Association.
Brian Schnell has left Minneapolis-based law firm
Lauren Fernandez Staley joined FOCUS Brands in December 2011 as vice president of legal and a member of FOCUS Brands' Executive Committee. She oversees and coordinates all legal services for Carvel' Ice Cream, Cinnabon', Seattle's Best Coffee', Schlotzsky's', Moe's Southwest Grill' and Auntie Anne's' Pretzels. Previously, she was global trademark counsel and associate general counsel for CIBA VISION Corporation and an associate who specialized in trademark and intellectual property at Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, P.C., in Atlanta.
As of Jan. 1, 2012, Keith Miller became the chairman of the Coalition of Franchisee Associations, replacing David Glodowski, whose two-year term was completed. Miller is a member of the North American Association of Subway Franchisees. Other new CFA board members are Robert Branca, vice chairman, a member of the Dunkin' Donuts Independent Franchise Owners, Inc.; Alkesh Patel, secretary, who is director at-large for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association; and Ron Soto, treasurer, who is the executive director of the Meineke Dealers Association.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.