Firm Insights

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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Is Donald Trump’s You-Know-What Too Tiny to Trademark? Trumped Again in a “Small” 1st Amendment Triumph

By Michael A. Kahn / May 18, 2022 / Comments Off on Is Donald Trump’s You-Know-What Too Tiny to Trademark? Trumped Again in a “Small” 1st Amendment Triumph

Ever since he rode down that Trump Tower gold escalator in June of 2015 to launch his campaign for president, the name Donald J. Trump has inspired either adoration or abomination. But for we intellectual property lawyers, whether we admire or loathe the man, we view him as the gift that goes on giving. Indeed,…

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