Domain Names and Trademarks: Enforcing Trademark Rights Against Domain Name Owners.
In the era of modern commerce, the success of a business is often driven by technology and its web presence, and it has become easier than ever to purchase a…
Privacy Policies and Procedures for Small Healthcare Providers Under Scrutiny
Although privacy incidents at the largest healthcare providers attract the most attention, The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights enforcement (“OCR”) is actively investigating privacy and…
Nebraska Supreme Court Addresses Evidentiary Standards for Approving Average Weekly Wages in Workers’ Compensation Court
One of the issues evaluated by the Nebraska Supreme Court in the recent case of Bortolotti v. Universal Terrazzo and Tile Company, 304 Neb. 219, 933 N.W.2d 851 (Neb. 2019),…
Protesting Property Tax Valuations: Key Dates and Deadlines to Keep in Mind for 2020
Tis the season for holiday joy and cheer, but with all the hustle and bustle of November and December comes the new year and the start to tax and property…
Pre-registration of a Copyrightable Work
An often overlooked method to protect copyrightable works is pre-registration. This method will likely become a little more prominent because, earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court determined in Fourth…
Copyright Infringement: Will Congress Make it Easier to Obtain a Remedy?
On October 22, 2019, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 2426, The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019. The intent of the legislation is to make…
A Criminal Conviction for Theft of a Trade Secret Does Not Require a Trade Secret
In an unusual case involving trade secrets, a court determined that the mere belief that stolen information is a trade secret, even when no trade secret was stolen, is criminally…
Buyers Beware: Buying Real Estate Subject to Unpaid IRS Taxes
When purchasing real estate, it is important to be diligent in whether the seller owes unpaid taxes to the IRS. In certain situations, the IRS can collect prior owner’s taxes…
Oral Argument to Be Heard By Supreme Court Over Specifics of Title VII
Supreme Court UpdateThe 2019-20 term of the United States Supreme Court opens today.On October 8th, the Court will heard an oral argument on a set of cases that could determine…
Continue to Scrape Away! Microsoft’s LinkedIn Ordered to Lift Ban on Third Party Access to Public Profile Data
In the closely followed hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn case, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision holding that hiQ, a data analytics company, is entitled to a preliminary…
