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Whether you regularly cut coupons from the Sunday paper or search for promotional codes while doing online shopping, coupons can be a great way to provide consumers with a discount on various grocery, clothing and personal care items. With several ...

Tagged with: Fraud Facts Stephanie Wood

In our opinion municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs) are well positioned for price appreciation in the future. We started a rebound in price on the first trading days of 2019 (source: Bloomberg). However, it is our opinion that these shares ...

Tagged with: Joseph G. Mowrer III Money Management

The start of a new year provides the opportunity for a highly subjective retrospective on 35 years of patent law — where we’ve been and where we might be going. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas (1965-1969) was reputed to have ...

Tagged with: IP Frontiers Philip E. Hansen

I’ve been covering lawyers’ use of social media in my column for the Daily Record since 2008. Back then, most lawyers believed that social media was a passing fad, despite my ardent assertions to the contrary. Some even believed that ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

When evaluating the health of the economy, there are both leading and lagging economic indicators to consider. Leading indicators are those that change prior to an economic adjustment and can be used as a predictor of future trends. Lagging indicators ...

Tagged with: Money Management Scott Hansen

I must admit, I do not make New Year’s resolutions. But like many of you, I start the new year by reflecting back on the last one. I do this to determine what goals were accomplished and to move forward, ...

Tagged with: Jon P. Getz MCBA President's Message

People come to us with a myriad of problems. We are creative and excellent problem solvers. We put our clients first — often at the expense of our health and well-being. By now, you know the grim facts. We suffer ...

Tagged with: Steven Modica Your Counsel

What is a “law office” or its 21st century iteration, “a virtual law office?” Anyone asking these questions might say, look around — email, PDFs, drop boxes and Skype are the hallmarks of post-millennial law offices. Almost no one would ...

Tagged with: James Nguyen richard A. dollinger

As 2019 begins to unfurl, I find myself wondering what the “hot” issues will be for my clients. I’m confident #MeToo will continue to impact both the reporting of sexual harassment as well as the ways in which employers address ...

Office water coolers used to be gathering places where people discussed current events and caught up on office gossip. But, like many other time-honored traditions, even water-cooler conversations have been affected by technology. Certainly these in-office discussions still occur, but ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

A significant but overlooked provision in the tax law passed last December is related to Opportunity Zones. This provision seemed to slip past most professionals and taxpayers alike last January as everyone was attempting to digest the many changes for ...

Tagged with: James Saylor Keeping Your Balance

As you look toward 2019, the number of challenges facing law firms continues to grow. Not only is there increased competition which changes the traditional way law firms do business, there is also an influx of self-help sites which allow ...

Tagged with: Collaboration Insights