On October 27 Tarter Krinsky & Drogin partnered with Lawline to host “Business in a Box” – a one-day series of CLE presentations designed to address the top legal issues facing emerging companies in growing and protecting their businesses. The program provided key insights for how to:

• Weigh the various factors in determining the choice of corporate entity
• Protect your client’s trademark portfolio
• Maintain and litigate patents
• Shield clients from labor and employment risks
• Provide preventative and corrective counseling and management training
• Restructure debt under Chapter 11
• Incorporate ethics into negotiations

Speakers and presentations included:

• Choice of Entity - Alan Gaynor, Corporate Practice
• Intellectual Property: Trademarks - Amy Goldsmith and Mark Rosenberg, Intellectual Property Practice
• Intellectual Property: Patents - Amy Goldsmith and Rachel Lin, Intellectual Property
• Construction Basics - David Pfeffer, Construction Practice
• Labor and Employment: What Employers Need to Know - Richard Steer, Labor and Employment Practice
• Immigration: Navigating the Regulatory Landscape - Andrew Koerner, Immigration
• Bankruptcy Issues: Insights and Strategies to Help Troubled Entities - Deborah Piazza, Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring
• Ethics: Ethical Issues in the Litigation Process - Hal Lieberman, Hinshaw & Culbertson