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Waiting for Courts To Help in Internet-Based Franchise Encroachment?
November 29, 2010
Customarily, franchise agreements delineate an owner's exclusive right to sell to a particular locality. But, as is the case when the Internet is involved, the ubiquitous tool's communications capabilities have blurred franchise-location boundaries through novel low-cost marketing opportunities for commercial enterprises. While Internet-based franchise encroachment is rampant, courts are reluctant to interfere with the contracts that gave rise to the franchise relationship.
Selling Your e-Commerce Company in 2011
November 29, 2010
Entrepreneurs once able to cash out on their own terms, to eager buyers unwilling to risk negotiating lest a competitor get the deal, now must accept markedly less favorable terms.
Getting the Most Out of Conference Attendance
November 29, 2010
Attending conferences has a dual benefit: learning or keeping updated in a substantive area or industry, and business development. Both are critical to a successful practice.
Help Improve 401(k) Participants'Investment Experience
November 29, 2010
This article focuses on the offering of investment options and what plan sponsors can do to better serve plan participants.
401(k) Plan Sponsors Targeted for ERISA Lawsuits
November 29, 2010
Law firms need to take a close look at who the fiduciaries are with respect to their 401(k)plan, and how the plan is being managed. This is particularly true in partnerships where one partner's conduct can result in liability for others.
Initiating Client Succession in Your Law Firm
November 29, 2010
Macro trends have placed an increasing number of firms in a position where urgent transition issues are now staring them in the face. In some cases, key plans are put on hold until critical succession and transition decisions can be sorted out.
Client Feedback ' The 12 Essential Steps
November 29, 2010
In the September issue, Part One of this article listed the 12 steps that are essential for a well planned and well executed Client Feedback program. Part One then went on to describe steps 1 through 4a. Steps 5 through 12 will be described herein.
Media & Communications Corner: 21 Top Web Tools
November 29, 2010
Read on for the 21 Web tools that are not only useful and cutting-edge, but easy to use.
Sugarland Suit Offers Look at Dynamics of Litigating Intra-Band Disputes
November 29, 2010
Fresh off their November 2010 win for Vocal Duo of the Year at the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Sugarland faced a far different contest in a federal courtroom in Atlanta, GA, in a fight stemming from a 2005 split with the band's founder and former member, Kristen Hall. The trial, if held following more than two years of litigation, could easily have been billed as the anatomy of a band breakup. Though fact-specific to Sugarland, Hall's suit raises issues that are relevant to all-too-common litigations over intra-band disputes.
The Business of Branding: What Legal Marketers Can Learn from Consumer Branding
November 28, 2010
There are a number of things that we as marketers could learn from the consumer side as we prepare our marketing plans for the coming year.

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