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The Legal Implications of Cybersecurity When Collecting Personal Information
Understand the Stakes of Collecting Personal Information Cybersecurity law has been called many things in recent years—evolving, complex, varied, cutting-edge, even hilarious. Ok, maybe not the last one. But I would offer another phrase that can serve as a key takeaway from this article. This phrase also highlights the importance of strong cybersecurity from a […]
Don’t Go It Alone: The Best Advisor You Can Hire Is Worth Every Penny
The Best Advisor You Can Hire Would Hire Herself, Too The best advisor you can hire will be a clever and a creative problem solver who interacts with you with total integrity, honesty, and ethical conduct. The worst? Someone’s goal of growing richer and richer at your expense- and that’s one of the better scenarios. […]
PLUP Fiction: Not All Fraud is Sales Fraud
So far in this column, we have talked primarily about fraud committed at arms’ length by salespersons or investment advisors. These sorts of sales fraud are but two of the many flavors in the Cold Stone display of frozen, delicious deception. Today, we are going to look at a case of alleged fraud and bad […]
It’s All in the Details: The Importance of Rule 9 in Fraud Cases
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) works for (and against) everyone If you have not had the good fortune to litigate a fraud claim in federal court, you might not be aware of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), which provides: In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting […]
7 Must-Haves for your Company Employee Handbook- for their Benefit and Yours
Why Have a Company Employee Handbook? All employers, no matter the company size, should have a company employee handbook to communicate essential policies of the company to employees. First, it can serve as a legal defense against claims brought by an employee against the company or its managers. Second, and perhaps more importantly, an employee […]
Trademark Disparagement? The Slants, The Redskins and the Supreme Court
Acceptable Trademark Disparagement… or Disparagement at all? People try to trademark all types of names, brands and slogans. The U.S. government, however, acts as the gatekeeper applying trademark law to decide whether or not those names or brands are worthy of protection or if they constitute trademark disparagement. One of the most newsworthy parts of […]
It’s Never RICO! What this Column Presupposes is, Maybe Sometimes it is
If you type the phrase “It’s never RICO” into Google, you’ll get a bunch of hits, including this clever and interesting discussion. The Google image search returns “House, M.D.” memes. I would beg you, dear reader, not to Google “RICO Trump”. It’s a rabbit hole where you will see all sorts of nonsense about alleged forthcoming sealed indictments […]
Anatomy of a Trial
This CLE online webinar, Anatomy of Trial, introduces the different components and phases of civil litigation — including motion in limine and much more.
The New Reality of Federal Litigation
Federal courts in Chicago have adopted new rules that will profoundly change how civil lawsuits progress.
The TC Heartland Decision: Big Loss for “Patent Trolls”
On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands. Now, it is much harder for “patent trolls” to file their cases in the Eastern District of Texas.What Are “Patent Trolls?” Why Marshall, TX?A patent troll is a derogatory term for a company that obtains the rights […]
