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Thought You’d Like To See This: IRAs and Roth IRAs
Individual retirement accounts—whether in the traditional IRA or Roth IRA guise--are some of the most powerful retirement savings tools available to individuals. They offer the opportunity to plan and save for future retirement needs, often with more flexibility and...
It’s Time for Change
It's time for change. Since the untimely death of George Floyd, thousands of voices have paraded across our nation in the form of widespread protests, vulnerable news articles, arduous social media posts, and stomach-wrenching, viral videos. Of all the sides...
Quit Being a People Pleaser in 2020
People-pleasing and the avoidance of being perceived as "selfish" can be destructive to self-esteem. And guess what? There’s still a pandemic happening all around us. We can’t afford to be people-pleasers anymore. In many ways, society sends us double messages when...
Pandemic Property
As a follow-up to my latest blog on COVID-19 trademark applications, I want to talk about why intellectual property (IP) is so important during this pandemic. Amidst the widespread economic impact of the virus and the rapidly-increasing case-count in some areas,...
COVID Trademarks Are the New Toilet Paper
Toilet Paper and Trademarks. What do these items have in common? Well, in recent times, they are both items that have become hot commodities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s actually quite common for businesses and ambitious entrepreneurs to rush to the U.S....
Legal Copyright Infringement: Avoid Breaking the Law
Legal Copyright Infringement is honestly an oxymoron- if it qualifies as Copyright Infringement, then it is, by definition, illegal. This being said sometimes it’s hard to know where the gray area of legal vs. illegal starts.
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Is anyone ever truly prepared for the passing of a loved one? My husband Richard Lipfield recently passed away from cancer. He was only 78 years old. First diagnosed in late March of 2018, he made his transition on November 30, 2019. We knew, as his condition...
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