When New Jersey businesses create a new product, those businesses want to make sure that they are the only ones that profit from that new invention. Intellectual property laws help these businesses by providing legal protections for all sorts of creations....
Business Law Professionals
Month: August 2013
New Jersey tries to limit non-competes after rise in litigation
Through the course of business, New Jersey employees are given access to all sorts of information about the company they work for. They are privy to information about who customers are, what prices are, what the company costs are and how products are made. This...
Public offering reminds businesses to consider entity form
Businesses big and small need to consider how they want to organize. There are many different entity forms that businesses in New Jersey can choose from including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Each entity form will have advantages and...
Major airline merger challenged by Department of Justice
Five months ago, US Airways and American Airlines announced plans to merge into a single airline. Mergers allow two or more business entities to combine into a single company. This is often a good way for New Jersey companies to grow or to save themselves from...
New Jersey judge decides 21-year-old breach of contract case
A 21-year-old New Jersey contract dispute has finally reached an end. A judge recently ruled that a real estate mogul from New Jersey had cheated his business partners out of revenue that they deserved from an apartment complex. The development contract...
Positive resolution reached in intellectual property case
Business disputes, especially intellectual property disputes, have the potential to turn into massive problems for New Jersey businesses. Without the right help and management, intellectual property disputes can become very expensive, time consuming and...
New Jersey 7-Eleven franchise owners sue
Businesses have all sorts of different types of relationships. They have relationships with their employees, with their customers, with other businesses and, in some cases, with their franchisees. Each of these relationships can be complicated and come with a host of...
Bausch + Lomb to move to New Jersey following acquisition
Sometimes complex business transactions take jobs from New Jersey, and other times, the state benefits. Recently, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International announced that it will be moving ophthalmology company Bausch + Lomb's headquarters from Rochester, New York to New...
New Jersey opens doors for distillery business
In the past few years, more and more entrepreneurs have entered the world of craft beer and wine. This interest has also sparked the idea of individuals making artisanal liquors and spirits. New Jersey is finally catching up with this trend. The state recently loosed...