LegalLiteracy.com
"The purpose of this blog is to make visible the links between business and law. It uses current events and stories to help you learn from others' mistakes and raise awareness of the legal environment of business — how it can help you, and how it can hurt you."
Author: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner is associate general counsel and national counsel for trademark enforcement at Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Corporate Compliance • In-house Counsel • Intellectual Property Law • Trademark Law • Law Practice Management • In-house Lawyer
Recent Posts from LegalLiteracy.com
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Who’s Knockin’ At Your Door?
No one likes being sued. It means that you, or your company, are under attack. You feel threatened and the adrenalin starts pumping. Even scarier is having a grand jury subpoena land on your desk. …
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Fess Up When You Mess Up
No one likes to get sued. It’s expensive. It’s time consuming and nobody really wins, except maybe the lawyers. Apologizing may sound like a totally a counter-intuitive move. However, some academic medical centers have discovered…
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How Many Lawyers Does it Take to . . . ?
Fed up with lawyers who overlawyer, Jason Mendelson, a lawyer turned venture capitalist, struck back . He vented his frustration with a blog posting and it generated a lot of feedback. Interestingly, the feedback was positive from entrepreneurs and negative from law firms. …
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Buyer Beware
Bad experiences often lead to bad legal language. Every strange warning label you’ve ever seen on a product is the result of a lawsuit. Even “warnings” that sound like common sense, such as “do not…
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Beyond the Law of the Jungle
After a brief sabbatical, Legalliteracy is back; and what better day to return than today — May 1st — Law Day. While some people hiss and boo at lawyers and lawsuits and otherwise poke fun…
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From Lemons to Lemonade
It’s no secret that the U.S. toy industry has been wrestling with product liability issues associated lead based paint used by their foreign suppliers. Indeed, the health and safety of our children is so important that…
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You Only Think You Know What I Mean
Reaching an agreement that everyone understands and a document that reflects a true meeting of the minds is always challenging. Besides the implicit and explicit legal meaning attributed to certain words, there are the individual…
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Quote of the Day: Social Pressures
The social pressures are huge, and some of the good risk procedures are thrown by the wayside. Richard Dunn, a former risk control chief at Merrill Lynch quoted in The Wall Street Journal on…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Legal Literacy Hits Amazon.com Top 3
I’m pleased to announce that my book, The Business Guide to Legal Literacy briefly hit #3 on Amazon.com’s Legal Guides list. It’s nice to see more folks getting proactive about managing their organization’s legal risks. …
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New Year, New Files
In with the new and out with the old. The start of the new year is prime time for making room in overstuffed file cabinets and e-mail folders. Getting organized feels great. But, don’t start purging documents…