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April 25, 2013
How to Safeguard Your Business Name

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A few techniques for protecting the name of your business or service

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Microsoft. Starbucks. Walmart. They’re all memorable names. You can bet that those companies carefully made sure they had exclusive rights to them.

Your business name may not be as distinctive or well known. Still, you’d hate to have a judge tell you that you can’t use it anymore. And if another business copied your name, you’d like to be able to go into court and put a stop to it.

So how do you protect the name of your business or service? We’ll look at a few techniques. But, ultimately, only you and your lawyer can decide how much effort and expense to invest in name protection.

Your decision will depend on many factors, including:

July 20, 2011
A Real-Life Horror Story (Part 2 of 2)

CHICAGO — By any definition, Joe was a “success,” and so was his business, Success Co. Although Joe was a planner, after he died, his estate plan and business succession plan turned into an economic and tax tragedy—for son Sam, wife Mary and the rest of the family.

July 19, 2011
A Real-Life Horror Story (Part 1 of 2)

CHICAGO — By any definition, Joe was a “success,” and so was his business, Success Co. Although Joe was a planner, after he died, his estate plan and business succession plan turned into an economic and tax tragedy—for son Sam, wife Mary and the rest of the family.

March 14, 2011
TRSA Responds to An Huan Laundry Story

American Drycleaner received the following in response to a story appearing on its website on March 3, 2011, “Worker Dies in Laundry Accident.”

CHICAGO — American Drycleaner received the following in response to a story appearing on its website on March 3, 2011, “Worker Dies in Laundry Accident.”

March 2, 2011
Worker Dies in Drycleaning Accident

NEW YORK — A woman was crushed to death last week at the Queens drycleaning plant where she worked, and star personal-injury lawyer David Perecman has announced plans to investigate the tragedy.

Limin Min Huang was loading towels into a flatwork ironer when her scarf got caught in the machine, according to the manager of An Huan Laundry in Jamaica, Queens. The machine pulled her in and crushed her before stopping. Huang had worked at the plant for three years.

August 27, 2010
Keeping The Workplace Safe, Part 2

CHICAGO — In all my years in business, I’ve only fired one person. Usually, I let problem employees dig their own holes, and they fade off into history. Documentation is the key to blocking an unemployment claim—or so I thought.

I’m not saying that documentation doesn’t work, but I am saying that whoever works in the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) offices is giving out benefits regardless of documentation. Perhaps they are being more lenient because the economy is weak, but it isn’t helping my business.

June 25, 2007
Customer Service vs. Fair Claims

NEW YORK — In response to the $65 million lawsuit filed last month over a pair of lost pants, I thought it important and timely to stress a very important message: Be proactive and take charge to prevent these situations from happening to you.

The Washington Post said at the beginning of this saga that the lawyer/customer “sought $1,150, so he could buy a new suit.” Today, the cleaner’s legal bills alone have far exceeded the original customer claim.