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Rush Nigut is a shareholder with the Brick Gentry Law Firm in West Des Moines, Iowa. His practice includes both transactional and litigation matters including franchising and business law. Rush started his legal blog, Rush on Business, in 2006. He has been quoted or referenced by hundreds of other blogs, websites, and publications. He also is the editor of the Brick Gentry Trial Team blog and can help you identify the most qualified lawyer at Brick Gentry to handle your case. Our lawyers have a breadth of trial experience in personal injury, employment discrimination, business litigation, IP law, and class action cases.

The six-year old Iowa private antitrust class-action against Microsoft is finally heating up.  The case is set for trial November 13, 2006 but yesterday a hearing was held on Microsoft’s allegations that Plaintiffs’ lawyer, Roxanne Barton Conlin, engaged in misconduct when she persuaded a Hewlett-Packard technician to give her internal documents from another case. 

Lawpportunities, a joint venture between Des Moines lawyers Rush Nigut and Brett Trout, is receiving national attention for its legal blogging seminar coming up this November 10th in Johnston, Iowa.  According to LexBlog’s Kevin O’Keefe, Lawpportunities is hosting the country’s first full-day CLE devoted to blogging. LexBlog is one of the country’s

The term, renewal and transfer provisions of a franchise agreement are often overlooked by prospective franchisees.  Many people focus on getting into the business but how you get out is just as important.  Therefore these provisions must be reviewed carefully.

The term of the franchise agreement determines how long the franchisee will be authorized to