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William J. Kohler, Detroit-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Corporate Finance Practice Group, and R. Craig Woods, Dallas-based member in Dykema's Dental Service Organizations Industry Group, have collaborated on the DSONews article, “Speaking From Experience: Setting Yourself Up for a Successful Dental Practice Acquisition,” in which they provide a thorough checklist for practitioners who are contemplating a merger with a dental services organization (DSO).

Jeffrey G. Huron, Managing Member of Dykema’s Los Angeles office and member in the firm’s Business Litigation Group, is the author of this month’s Los Angeles Lawyer Closing Argument column, “Statutory Constraints on Partnership Agreements.”

Laura P. Worsinger, Los Angeles-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Labor and Employment practice group, authored the Daily Journal article, “Dealing with Dynamex,” in which she thoroughly reviews the Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court decision, a labor case which narrowly interprets the definition of an ‘independent contractor.’

Xianghui (Sean) Huang, San Antonio-based attorney in Dykema’s Intellectual Property practice group, authored the article “The Digital Oil Field” for Intellectual Property Magazine, in which he examines the proliferation of digital technologies specific to petroleum production and the associated increase in patent applications.

Dante A. Stella and Howard B. Iwrey, members in Dykema’s Business Litigation practice group, co-authored the article, “Price Fixing: ‘It Was the Machines, Sarah!’”, published by The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law (v.2 no.2 March-April 2019).

Sheryl L. Toby, metro Detroit-based member of Dykema’s Business Services Department and Automotive Industry Group, has co-authored the article, “Five Simple Rules for In-House Counsel to Avoid the Most Hidden Insolvency Risks in Commercial Transactions,” which appeared in ABA Business Law Today.

William J. Kohler, Detroit-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Corporate Finance Practice Group, and R. Craig Woods, Dallas-based member in Dykema's Dental Service Organizations Industry Group, have co-authored the article, “Best Practices for the Evolving DSO Marketplace,” which was published in DSONews.

Laura Baucus, the Leader of Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, and Samantha L. Walls, senior attorney, co-authored the article “Interpreting RESPA’s Regulation X,” which was published in DS News.

Laura Baucus, the Leader of Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, and Bob Ellis, a Member of Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, have co-authored the article “What’s Past Is Prologue – Applying Lessons from the Financial Crisis to the future of eMortgage and eNote Litigation,” for National Mortgage Professional magazine.

Robert P. Tiplady, Ann Arbor-based member of Dykema’s Taxation Group, has authored “Michigan Asset Protector Trusts” for the Michigan Bar Journal’s Probate and Estate Planning Issue. Tiplady, who chaired the State Bar subcommittee that drafted the bill for the 2017 Domestic Asset Protection Trusts law (DAPT) permitting creditor-shielded trusts, focuses on the benefits clients may garner from the provisions of domestic asset trusts.

Gregory K. Jones, Los Angeles-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group, is the author of “Foreclosure Delay Via Bankruptcy Fraud: How Creditors Can Fight Back,” which appeared in the Practitioner Insights column of Westlaw Journal: Bankruptcy.

William “Butch” F. Hulse IV, San Antonio-based member of Dykema’s Litigation Department and Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance team, has authored “The Do’s and Don’ts of Conducting an Internal Investigation,” which was published in the Association of Corporate Counsel South Central Texas FOCUS newsletter.

Erin F. Fonté, leader of Dykema’s Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance group, as well as its FinTech, Payments and Digital Commerce group, and co-leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Practice Group, and  Ferdose al-Taie, member of Dykema’s Commercial Litigation Group, co-authored the Dykema NextGen Financial Services Report blog post “Treating ICOs and Cryptocurrencies the Same Way Is an Expensive Mistake,” which was also republished by PaymentsSource.

Jesse Tyner Moore, Austin-based senior attorney in Dykema’s Government Policy & Practice Group authored a post for the Firm’s NextGen Financial Services Blog which was republished as the Law360 Expert Analysis column, “High Court Could Settle Preemption Questions For Banks.”

Rodrigo Figueroa, San Antonio-based member and Director of Dykema’s Alternative & Renewable Energy group, has authored “Five Legal Issues To Consider When Contracting For Utility-Scale Energy Storage,” which appeared in Solar Industry.

Eric T. Fingerhut and Shannon M. McKeon, Washington, D.C.-based attorneys in Dykema’s Intellectual Property practice group, co-authored the article “Hunting and Gathering for the Trademark Audit” which appeared in Intellectual Property Magazine.