Firm Insights

The Power of Mediation: The Path to Healthy Resolution

By Mark E. Goodman / February 6, 2023 / Comments Off on The Power of Mediation: The Path to Healthy Resolution

In many cases, clients (even the ones who win) wish that they had found an alternative to litigation. I have concluded that the best and most cost-effective way to avoid litigation is EARLY mediation. I implore you to seek a serious structured effort early to resolve the dispute through mediation before legal bills and emotional…

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Maintaining S Corporation Status – Getting Easier and Less Costly

By Laura E. Krebs Al-Shathir / January 11, 2023 / Comments Off on Maintaining S Corporation Status – Getting Easier and Less Costly

Preventing a late or invalid S corporation election or termination is a high priority for S corporations, their owners, and their advisors. It requires relentless attention to detail because the very existence of an S corporation involves a proverbial minefield of traps for the unwary. Subchapter S (Internal Revenue Code §§ 1361-1379) is filled with…

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A Truly Kinky Salute to the 2023 Public Domain Day

By Michael A. Kahn / January 3, 2023 / Comments Off on A Truly Kinky Salute to the 2023 Public Domain Day

Last year at this time I welcomed the annual Public Domain Day with an apt quote from Winnie-the-Pooh: “It isn’t much good having anything exciting, if you can’t share it with somebody.” As I explained in that post, A.A. Milne’s beloved tale of the fictional teddy bear and his pals had entered the public domain…

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