Now that we have completed 75 years of success as Kansas City’s Biggest Little Law Firm®, the challenge becomes what to anticipate in the next 75. We have not only handled business deals totaling billions of dollars and planned numerous individual estates worth tens of millions of dollars, but we have also dealt compassionately with clients whose …
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Kansas City Law Firm Evaluates Student-Athlete Compensation
Webster’s dictionary defines “compensation” as remuneration, pay or anything given as an equivalent. Professional athletes are always paid for their services as such. However, a controversy has arisen over whether college athletes should be similarly compensated for their services, which gives rise to numerous other conundrums. Colleges use the …
Van Osdol & Magruder Welcomes Litigation Attorney Jon Davis
The Biggest Little Law Firm® In Kansas City just got better with the addition of a seasoned trial lawyer - Jonathan Davis! Jon joins us from more than 10 years of practice with an excellent medium sized Johnson County law firm. Jon graduated from KU undergraduate and law school and completed the Bar Leadership Academy in 2007. Jon has made …
Kansas City Law Firm Warns Against Trademark Patent Trolls
If you - or your business - own a trademark, it is highly likely at some point you will receive a very official looking notice from what appears to be the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or some other government agency. Usually these mailers, and now email messages, state you must make certain filings within a short deadline to …
Kansas City Law Firm Van Osdol & Magruder Encourages Entrepreneurs, Business Owners & CMOs To Protect Intellectual Property
When entrepreneurs set out to develop the next "big idea," protecting the intellectual property behind that idea may be the last thing on their mind. Additionally, Van Osdol & Magruder, The Biggest Little Law Firm® in Kansas City, has found that an entrepreneur may inadvertently prevent that new idea from ever seeing the light of day due to …
