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If you dream of one day leaving your company to your family, but you haven't properly included your business in your estate plan, that dream could become a nightmare for your heirs—and for your partners, team members, and clients, too. In fact, properly planning for what would happen to your...

Running a business means you will eventually face disputes. These conflicts could be with employees over contract terms or workplace issues, customers over product quality or service delivery, suppliers over payment or delivery terms, or business partners over profit sharing or decision-making. When disagreements arise, the traditional route of resolving...

Res Nova Law is looking for an experienced and motivated full-time Senior Associate Attorney to join our growing intellectual property and business law practice. We provide litigation and transactional expertise for matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, business contracts, business formation, shareholder disputes, and more. We represent small and mid-size businesses, as...

Res Nova Law is looking for a part-time Legal/Executive Assistant to help the owner of our small (but growing) Portland law firm keep her sanity, manage her time, and help more innovative business and creative clients prosper and thrive. The position will require that the candidate perform at least the below tasks, and...

The Fuzzy Line Between Patents & Trade Secrets: Patents and trade secrets provide different but complementary scopes of protection for valuable business information. While patents protect new and non-obvious inventions that become disclosed to the public at some point during patent prosecution, trade secrets protect proprietary business information that is, well, kept secret. Wise...

Vacations are a time to relax, unwind, and create beautiful memories with your loved ones. But before you set off on your adventure, it's essential to ensure that your legal affairs are in order so you can fully relax during your travels.  Can't imagine doing one more thing before you...

Understanding how financial aid and estate planning intersect can make a significant difference when preparing for college expenses. This article will explain how asset ownership influences aid eligibility, offer actionable strategies to increase the chances of receiving aid and highlight estate planning tools that can protect your wealth while optimizing...

Elder abuse can take a wide variety of forms, but we think the worst of the worst is caused by unscrupulous adult guardians appointed by a court to care for seniors who are no longer able to care for themselves. And though you may not want to believe such a...

Protect Your Children's Inheritance With A Lifetime Asset Protection Trust As a parent, you're likely hoping to leave your children an inheritance. In fact, doing so may be one of the primary factors motivating your life's work. But without taking the proper precautions, the wealth you pass on is at...

Love is wonderful—joyful moments, shared dreams for the future, and yes, some legal considerations too. For married couples, the law has default provisions in place for what happens to your assets if one of you dies, but those default plans may not align with your personal preferences or the life...