Will you be ready for what happens when a contract is breached? Deals can sour over time and in many ways. After receiving paltry amounts of merchandising and musical sales income from This is Spinal Tap since the movie’s 1984
October 11, 2016
Are you prepared to respond to the ever-changing healthcare marketplace? The pace of developments in the healthcare sector demands constant monitoring. The financial implications of new FDA rules must be analyzed. Deals fall apart, impacting valuations. An entire segment of
September 27, 2016
Do big mergers deliver? Mergers are time-consuming; the largest deals demand a high degree of patience and attention to detail. For Bayer, persistence paid off. After months of negotiations, Monsanto accepted Bayer’s third offer. Now the hard part of surviving
September 13, 2016
What will happen to your business if an international bankruptcy interrupts your supply chain? In the two weeks since Hanjin Shipping Co. began bankruptcy proceedings in South Korea and the U.S., creditors have seized some of the company’s vessels. Other
August 30, 2016
Married or not, how will your property be divided after a breakup? The end of a relationship is never easy. Two recent decisions from the supreme courts of Illinois and New Hampshire reveal that the recognition of marriage equality may
August 16, 2016
How will your business respond to a disruption? Some external events may offer opportunities to your business; others present threats. Even when an event is long-anticipated, the effects are difficult to predict. The Olympics, for example, have had a mixed
August 2, 2016
What forces are contributing to the proliferation of IP disputes? Innovation in IP-focused industries is an important sector of the economy. Litigation may be a cost of doing business, but can also act as a brake on growth. The Government
July 19, 2016
How well will your closely held business survive a dispute? Closely held businesses face unique challenges. For example, less than 50 percent of family owned businesses make it through the second generation because they lack strong succession plans. Well-known start-ups,
June 21, 2016
How healthy is your business? Most business people will agree that the economy is challenging, but even economists don’t agree on a single cause. Landlords and tenants in aging shopping malls may blame their growing troubles on too much debt
June 7, 2016
How would you value a life? Some of the most emotionally charged damage cases involve loss of life. Determining the worth of the lives of elders and the very young can be particularly challenging, but once liability has been established,