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One of the trickiest issues in wealth management today is in the area of product education.  In most wealth management firms, there are two very distinct but interdependent divisions that are responsible for this education. The capital markets area that…

Case: Innovation Ventures, LLC v. NVE, Inc., No. 08-11867; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; Feb. 27, 2015. Background: Plaintiff, Innovation Ventures, Inc., makes and distributes an energy drink product called “5-Hour ENERGY.” Defendant, NVE, Inc.,…

Case: Industrial Engineering & Development, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-691-T-24-MAP; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; Oct. 6, 2014. Background: Industrial Engineering & Development, Inc. (Plaintiff) filed a Complaint claiming that Static Control…

Many of us will remember the notorious Ford Pinto, which made headlines in the 1970’s and 1980’s with revelations about its terribly vulnerable fuel tank located near the rear bumper, with resulting fuel-fed fires in rear-impact accidents coast-to-coast.  I testified…

If you suspect a problem with a medical device, either that the device malfunctioned or that the device’s design makes it suspect to cause related problems in a patient, there is quite a bit of public data available to research…

We all know that food prices can vary from season to season. Tomatoes that are in season during the summer are cheaper than tomatoes during the winter. Many factors go into the price of a tomato and many of these…

Experts in business ethics can both augment and complement the work of lawyers in many contexts; however the most obvious synergies occur during litigation.  The gravamen of civil lawsuits is often some ethical wrong or breach of a standard of…

Many practitioners wrestle with the temptation, when they file FINRA Statements of Claim, to request a Reasoned or ‘Explained Award.’  From the standpoint of customer attorneys, a common reason they don’t request one is the fear that it will unwittingly…

Lawyers who litigate business law disputes, securities class actions, intellectual property matters or even family law disputes can gain a great deal by engaging, early on in their matters, lawyers or legal academics with a strong background in what is…

Mental health professionals, like psychologists, neuropsychologists, and psychiatrists, are often consulted in the course of capital criminal trials. It is a popular belief in our society that criminals commonly “get off,” are let out of jail, after raising a mental…