Firm Insights
Progress is painful, or so it has been said. But, sometimes, it need not be as painful as we make it. It seems to me that often the “pain” related to progress results from recalcitrant, “old school” thinking or methods sneaking into or clashing with the new systems or processes. The Missouri eFiling System has…
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Let’s play a word association game. I say “Intellectual property.” Your three most likely responses are: “patent,” “copyright,” and “trademark.” The federal government agrees. It has enacted statutes and created government agencies to guard and enforce your rights in those special forms of property. Indeed, the protection for patents and copyrights dates back to the…
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In construction law, there is no better bargaining chip than the threat of a mechanic’s lien, and that chip just got bigger. It is a given that commercial landlords subject themselves to the risk of a mechanic’s lien anytime they contract for improvements to their property. Now, as a result of a recent Missouri Court…
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