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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Business Community OK with New ADAA Implementation
April 07, 2011
The business and disability rights communities are uniting behind long-awaited, final regulations implementing the 2008 Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act. The regulations become effective on May 24, 2011.
IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE CLIENT AT A TIME
April 04, 2011
Here's a little secret about professional services marketing. It always comes down to selling the individual clients ' one by one. And it doesn't matter if your firm is the largest or the smallest. You can talk about strategies, image, niche marketing and branding. You can talk about articles, brochures, press releases and seminars. But it always comes down to selling the individual clients ' one by one.
Supreme Court Appears Sympathetic to Wal-Mart in Class Action
March 30, 2011
The massive class action against retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ran into stiff resistance at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 29, after surviving lower court challenges ever since it was launched 10 years ago. 'It's not clear to me: What is the unlawful policy that Wal-Mart has adopted?' said Justice Anthony Kennedy, who as usual is the likely swing vote in the closely watched business case <i>Wal-Mart v. Dukes</i>.
CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS
March 29, 2011
CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS - It often comes as a surrise in legal sales that potential clients are not out looking for you. And you need to overcome the obstacles - a prospect's resistance. In our newest white paper, CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS we look at 14 best practices in the fine art of closing. These are the tactics needed to cross the goal line and include: * How Closing goes Beyond "You're Hired." * How&#133;
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Movers & Shakers
March 29, 2011
Who's doing what; who's going where.
News Briefs
March 29, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Court Watch
March 29, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
Enjoining Unlicensed Trademark Use By Terminated Franchisees
March 29, 2011
In a recent presentation to the Maryland State Bar Association's Franchise Law Committee, Stephen Vaughan and David Worthen, shareholders with Gray Plant Mooty, discussed how to obtain an injunction that will prevent unlicensed trademark use by a terminated franchisee, as well as strategies for fending off arguments commonly raised by franchisees when confronted with a motion for an injunction.
Franchise Litigation in China: Are You Ready?
March 29, 2011
Despite the fact that China has a civil law system that does not use cases as precedents, the cases can be very helpful in interpreting franchise regulations and developing an understanding of Chinese law.

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