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(Pictured: Alfonso VII of León, who triggered a half century of war by dividing his kingdom among his sons.) Do you have subsidiaries or...

Many entrepreneurs want to get their business off the ground—fast. And the less they have to talk to a lawyer, the better. Many times...

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In an earlier post, I explained how the Supreme Court expanded international patent exhaustion in Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark...

I have heard this many times. Unfortunately, if you have only a will, your estate plan is incomplete. What is an estate plan? An estate...

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Many people have said this to me recently. They believe that because they have high amounts of debt―even to the point of having a...

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You already have an estate plan but is it up to date? Many people I have talked to think that once they have an estate plan prepared,...

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