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— By Ron HackMarch 18, 20150 Comments

Selling Items On EBay May Lead To Personal Jurisdiction In Missouri

In a recent decision, the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously held that a non-Missouri business that sells products on EBay or other auction sites can be sued in a Missouri Court by a Missouri resident claiming a defect with the product. In Andia v. Left Gate…

Environmental Law

— By Staff ReportJanuary 4, 20150 Comments

Fracking Comes to Illinois; Drilling Into the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act

On June 17, 2013, the Illinois Assembly enacted the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. See Public Act 098-0022. This Act empowered the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (“Department”) to regulate hydraulic fracturing in throughout the State of Illinois. This blog entry summarizes key aspects of this…

Business Law

— By Don V. KellyDecember 15, 20140 Comments

Think Twice Before Suing to Enforce a Confidentiality Agreement

This past October, in nClosures Inc. v. Block and Company, Inc., the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under Illinois law, a confidentiality agreement is not enforceable in absence of proof that reasonable efforts were undertaken to maintain the confidentiality of information shared pursuant…

Business Law Environmental Law

— By Staff ReportDecember 11, 20140 Comments

EPA Revises RCRA Definition of Solid Waste

On December 10 2014, EPA pre-published certain revisions to RCRA’s definition of solid waste. This is a pre-published version of the final rule that EPA is submitting for publication in the Federal Register. The final rule is of greatest impact to the manufacturing sector. Those…

— By Staff ReportOctober 28, 20140 Comments

Missouri Attorney General Files TRO to keep Ebola Medical Waste Out of St. Louis Treatment Facility

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office seeks to enjoin an Illinois-based company with a facility in north St. Louis from accepting Ebola medical waste from Texas. The Attorney General’s action is due to the facility’s prior compliance history, namely its past violations of Missouri medical waste…

Environmental Law Real Estate Law

— By Amy LangeMay 14, 20141 Comment

Sumpin’ New on All Appropriate Inquiries

Since the last blogs on what one needs to do when acquiring an interest in real estate, there have been a change or two which are kind of important. See examples 1, 2 and/or 3. The most significant is that there is a new ASTM 1527 standard; ASTM 1527-13 to…

Business Law Trademark Law

— By Don V. KellyApril 22, 20140 Comments

Inherently Confusing: Bikes and Trademarks (Part 3)

What we Learned From the Specialized Trademark Incident Part 3 – The Internet Determines Whether Marks are Confusingly Similar. In my last post, I followed upon the discussion of the Specialized trademark saga. That saga provides another important pointer for trademark practitioners. A trademark can…

Business Law Trademark Law

— By Don V. KellyApril 14, 20141 Comment

Inherently Confusing: Bikes and Trademarks (Part 2)

What we Learned From the Specialized Trademark Incident Part 2 – Never Miss an Opportunity to Publicly Scold Your Competitor. In my last post, I opened a discussion on the Specialized trademark saga, with the goal of highlighting what hard rules, according to the Internet,…

Business Law Trademark Law

— By Don V. KellyApril 7, 20140 Comments

Inherently Confusing: Bikes and Trademarks (Part 1)

What We Learned From the Specialized Trademark Incident… Part 1 – Always Investigate the Infringer’s Military Service History People always complain: Why must everything in the law be so uncertain? What happened to black and white rules of law? How come everything involves a multi-factor…

Business Law LLCs

— By Jim BorchersDecember 13, 20131 Comment

Sole Owner LLC – Is Your Liability Really Limited?

You are proud of yourself. You went on-line at the Secretary of State’s website and filed your Articles of Organization. This means that you have limited your personal liability right? Well … maybe. People rarely understand that what they do AFTER filling Articles of Organization is…