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Everyone deserves a home: Creating equitable communities across the country (video)

3 years 1 month ago
“Everyone deserves a place to call home and that goes to our core of what we do on a daily basis, providing homes in areas where it’s needed most for everyone,” says David Nargang, President, McCormack Baron Management. The McCormack Baron development process centers on equity and inclusion. Recognizing the importance of a robust community engagement strategy in transforming neighborhoods, we seek resident and stakeholder input from planning and design, through construction, and in the ongoing…
McCormack Baron

Workplace humor: It’s about more than having fun

3 years 1 month ago
I feel badly for people who study important topics that are nonetheless beyond the ability of most people to understand. Try striking up a cocktail party conversation with an average person about supersymmetric dark matter or recombinant uncertainty and you’re likely to find your conversational partner suddenly in need of a refill. Conversely, I study humor in the workplace. Literally anyone who has ever worked in an organization has an opinion on the topic. Many observations about humor have…
Christopher Robert

Beware of trademark renewal scams. Here’s what to look out for

3 years 1 month ago
Trademark registrations are public records and can be searched by the general public. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous companies that monitor U.S. trademark registrations and send out letters to the registrants with offers to renew the registration. Trademark registrations must be maintained to keep them in force. The registrant must file a declaration of use between the fifth and sixth years after registration. The registration must then be renewed between the ninth and 10th years after registration…
Jonathan Soifer