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Client-Focused Lawyering: Putting Clients’ Needs First

Client-Focused Lawyering: Putting Clients’ Needs First

October 15, 2024 |  By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun   Regularly, we read from news articles that an entity recently started its own business and entered into a business transaction or agreement with another entity. In response, we sometimes assume such an agreement or transaction was conducted at “arm’s length,” meaning the two parties to… Continue reading Client-Focused Lawyering: Putting Clients’ Needs First

Trademarks: To Use, or Not to Use, That Is Not the Question

Trademarks: To Use, or Not to Use, That Is Not the Question

April 17, 2024 |  By: Hyung-Gyu (Leo) Sun   Every business owner would want the public’s impression of their business to be good and long-lasting as such impression is key to the business’s success. The power of such an impression will translate into his/her being able to communicate the good quality and distinctiveness of his/her… Continue reading Trademarks: To Use, or Not to Use, That Is Not the Question

What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

December 22, 2023 |  By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun   At an age where artificial intelligence technologies are taking over tasks of various occupations, it would be tempting for lawyers to jump on that train and let the new technologies handle their legal work. Not so fast. Because lawyers are charged with the responsibility of carrying out legal… Continue reading What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

Dealing With Improperly Bargained Contracts

Improperly bargained contracts may involve duress, undue influence, misrepresentation, and unconscionability. Getting out of a contract

Dealing With Improperly Bargained Contracts   September 18, 2023   |   By: Hyung-Gyu (Leo) Sun   A contract is a set of promises (or a promise) between two or more parties, the performance of which the law recognizes as a duty. Yet, people often enter into a contract without fully grasping the legal implications of it.… Continue reading Dealing With Improperly Bargained Contracts

Protecting Your Business’s Confidential Information

By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun  [10/17/22] A few weeks ago, an Ohio federal jury found that Goodyear Tire stole a European inventor’s ideas related to tires that can self-inflate, and awarded the inventor $61.2 million in punitive damages and $2.8 million compensatory damages for Goodyear’s theft of the inventor’s trade secrets. Trade secret is probably… Continue reading Protecting Your Business’s Confidential Information

Demystifying Copyright Protection

By: Leo Sun   [9/16/22] These days, it seems almost impossible for most people to spend a day without using the internet. For some, that means not reading daily news articles online by swiping their smartphone screens. For others, that means not posting real-time Instagram stories on their social media account. Indeed, the internet brought instant,… Continue reading Demystifying Copyright Protection

Can We Disagree with the Supreme Court’s Reading of the U.S. Constitution?

By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun   [7/15/22] The process by which courts rule on the constitutionality of state or federal government’s actions is called judicial review. Judicial review by the U.S. Supreme Court creates the body of decisions that we deem as the law of the Land. That is, the Court adjudicates whether or not certain… Continue reading Can We Disagree with the Supreme Court’s Reading of the U.S. Constitution?

Trademark Modernization Act: New Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings

By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun The Trademark Modernization Act (the “TMA”) was enacted on December 27, 2020, amending the Trademark Act of 1946 (the “Lanham Act”), among other things, to establish new ex parte (single party) expungement and reexamination proceedings to cancel marks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) for which the… Continue reading Trademark Modernization Act: New Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings

Privilege Issues in Cross-Border Disputes

By: Hyung-Gyu (Leo) Sun Under the laws of the United States, a client’s communication with his/her lawyer for the purpose of seeking or providing legal advice is protected by the well-established attorney-client privilege. Additionally, documents or other tangible things prepared in anticipation of litigation by or for a party are also protected by the work… Continue reading Privilege Issues in Cross-Border Disputes

Taylor Swift vs Song Writers Copyright Infringement, Part 1

By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun Sun is an Associate at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig’s Richmond Office. [Sep. 28,2020] In February of 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed copyright infringement claims against Taylor Swift brought by a pair of songwriters. The songwriters’ allegations were that Defendant Swift ripped off the… Continue reading Taylor Swift vs Song Writers Copyright Infringement, Part 1

Intern Program

As part of our effort to recruit, develop and retail the best and brightest attorneys, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig offers a summer intern program for promising law school students who are looking to work as part of an innovative and incredibly successful team. With a global team of lawyers, selected candidates are able to work on high level projects in a collaborative space.

Paralegals and Legal Support Staff

At Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, our team of paralegals and staff work together collaboratively along side our attorneys toward a common goal. We have created a positive work environment where our paralegals and legal assistants work to successfully reach firm-wide goals and support each other to combine individual strengths to enhance team performance. They regularly assist our attorneys with organizing and maintaining files, conducting legal research, and preparing documents.