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Can You Save a Dog Locked in a Car?

Imagine this: you’re out running errands one day. You park your car in the grocery store parking lot and start heading inside. It’s a bit warm out, but not terrible. All of the sudden, you hear some muffled barking. Following the sound, you see a dog sitting in a locked car. There’s no one […]

Repercussions of Driving Without a License

There’s no two ways about it.  Driving a car is a privilege, not a right, that requires the acquisition of a valid driver’s license.  But even if you learned how to drive a car in your parent’s backyard or used to drive the truck on the family farm, that’s not enough to obtain it.  […]

Students are Fighting Ridiculous University IP Laws

Students are increasingly running into issues where they create innovations while as a student at a University and the University has a policy in place stating that the creations belong to them, or partially belong to them. This is a serious issue that is taking away from the creations of our youth and Caleb […]

Michigan Drivers Must Be Careful When Around School Buses

As schools are about to start for students in Michigan, it’s important to remember local school laws and how drivers are supposed to behave around buses in the area. There was an older law that made it possible for drivers to pass school buses at intersections when they were pulled over in some instances. […]

On August 31, 2016, two members of the Widerman Malek team, Mark Warzecha (partner) and Daniel Davidson, on behalf of the firm’s not-for-profit, No Bad Days Foundation, visited Ability Plus Therapy to present Liam two therapy items that will hopefully bring some relief to him and his mom. Liam, who is autistic and suffers […]

Firearms are Allowed in Indiana Polling Locations

There are currently a lot of questions floating around about whether or not it’s legal to carry firearms into voting booths and outside of booths in the state of Indianapolis. That’s because the state has passed laws that make it legal for its residents to carry firearms nearly anywhere that they go other than […]

Jersey Day at Widerman Malek, PL

It was the 1st day of football season, so the Widerman Malek team once again donned their favorite team jerseys in order to represent and support them as they make their way through the season.

How Patents Work

Patents are paper documents and records that grant ownership of an idea to a person. In other words, if you come up with a brilliant idea, such as a gasoline powered engine, you can create a patent, or a detailed description of your invention, and then file a patent surrounding it. The patent is […]

Slip and fall cases are plentiful throughout many areas of the world, and as such that means that lawyers are busy representing both sides of the story. The outcomes may vary, depending on the case itself, but one thing is the same – the right counsel can go a long way for both parties […]

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