U.S. Intellectual Property Protection for Designs
This is a presentation presented to clients in our Alexandria Office pertaining to the latest information on United States Intellectual Property protection for designs. Topics include design patents, statutory requirements of patentability, statutory bars...
OMG! My employees are on Facebook!
Stites & Harbison attorneys Shannon Hamilton, Demetrius Holloway and Karen Paulin give you an overview of social media, statistics and trends, legitimate uses of social media for employers, laws to consider, issues, cases and examples...
The EB-5 VISA Program: An Innovative Entrepreneurial Approach to Financing U.S. Economic Growth
When capital is scarce, business owners and entrepreneurs must be creative and seek financing which is unconventional or innovative. The EB-5 VISA Program, administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, provides visas...
Bankruptcy Claims Trading: Mechanics, Strategies, and Ethics
Introduction Claims trading is a process by which Chapter 11 bankruptcy claims are sold to third party buyers. The purposes of these transactions are to minimize payment risk for the selling creditors, and to...
What to do when a customer doesn't pay?
What do you do when your customers won’t pay? In this economy, more and more business owners and construction professionals are facing this question. Stites & Harbison attorney Anne Gorham shows you what you...
Web 2.0 . . . Business Friend or Foe?
Learn how to benefit from the modern Internet (including social media) to enhance your business, while side-stepping the pitfalls. Topics discussed include untangling the web to discover the assets and liabilities of social media...
Drafting to avoid owner disputes in equine contracts
Presented by The University of Kentucky College of Law As lawyers, the importance of a well-written contract for the transfer of a horse or co-ownership of a horse is apparent. All too often, however...
IC-DISC: Exporting Savings
Seminar presentation presented jointly by Stites & Harbison, PLLC, and Mountjoy Chilton Medley. Kevin Heyde, Partner, International Tax Services Director, Mountjoy Chilton Medley