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Navigating Through Laws, Regulations And Ordinances Impacting Resort Development
Editor: How did you develop a specialty related to resort development? Payne: I was educated initially as an urban planner. Real estate development has remained a constant interest as I established and developed my legal career. Ballard Spahr is a tremendous firm for any real estate...
Read MoreThe Company v. Itself: Derivative Action Pitfalls
I. Introduction Shareholder derivative actions are unlike any other type of lawsuits brought against corporations. In them, a shareholder seeks to step into the shoes of the corporation to pursue wrongdoing by others to the corporation. Typically, the "others" being pursued are themselves - the...
Read MoreEntertainment And Media Law For The Twenty-First Century
Global Entertainment And Media Law Is Big Business Entertainment is a fast-moving global business built on the exciting fusion of creativity, intellectual property law and high technology. Thanks to new technologies, entertainment's reach is increasingly broad, both in terms of its worldwide...
Read MoreHow To Protect Clients from The Class Action Quagmire
Editor: Please tell us about your background and your current practice area. Kaplinsky: I am Chair of the Consumer Financial Services Group at Ballard Spahr where I lead a group of about twenty-five lawyers in our Philadelphia, Baltimore, Vorhees, NJ, Wilmington, DE, Salt Lake City and Denver...
Read MorePhoenix, Denver And Las Vegas - Law Firms Ballard Spahr - Building Out West
Editor: Please tell our readers a little bit about your background. Thomasch: Following graduation from Duke Law School in 1967, I joined a law firm on the East Coast. After three years, I decided that I wanted more courtroom experience. I was fortunate to obtain a position as a trial...
Read MoreDiversity - Law Firms Ballard Spahr - A Star In The DuPont Network
Editor: Please describe your background and education. Stewart: I graduated from the University of Delaware in 1978 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1982. I spent a year in London at the London School of Economics on a Rotary Foundation scholarship. Prior to joining the firm, I...
Read MoreDispatch From The Trademark Wars: Ambush Marketing And The Arena Of Sports
American consumers receive over 3,000 commercial messages each day. To cut through this clutter, advertisers are employing new, outside-the-box techniques. Guerrilla marketers stencil messages onto sidewalks and paste stickers onto walls, windows, and even competitors' ads. Viral marketers...
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