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Covenants not to compete are not the favorites of courts. Enforcement of such restrictions reduces competition; accordingly, the analysis requires the weighing of various factors and the cases are decided on in a fact-sensitive manner. In <i>Aamco Transmissions v. Romano,</i> the district court elegantly reviewed the specific facts of the case, modified the contractual covenant not to compete, and concluded that the former franchisee did not violate the modified covenant.
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Trademark licensors, including those in the entertainment industry, are scrambling to keep up with the evolving use of social media as a tool for business advertising. As technology changes, so must the provisions in a trademark license.
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This is the third in a series of articles on liens in proceeds under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
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Recent NLRB decisions have rewritten the labor law map in a variety of ways, but nowhere more significantly than in the areas of franchising and outsourcing. With the decision in <i>Browning-Ferris</i> and decision by the NLRB's general counsel involving McDonald's, the definition of a "joint employer" has grown exponentially broader.
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If you follow the legal technology headlines you might have noticed that we've come full circle on cloud security. Rewind seven or so years, and mainstream cloud computing adoption was being thwarted by grave concerns about data security, data governance and data access. As the cloud became more pervasive in many industries globally, the legal market took note and slowly but surely more law firms went to the cloud.
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Coming off the heels of the EU Article 29 Working Party Opinion on the Privacy Shield, the EU Parliament passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on April 15, which overhauls the union's Data Protection Directive rules set forth in 1995. This regulation applies to all business and organizations targeting EU consumers, regardless of their geographic location.
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Security is always a concern for law firms, and the risks have only grown in recent years. Increasingly, attorneys, staff and clients have become more mobile and rely on an array of laptops, smartphones and tablets to stay connected 24/7. As more data is created and resides in more places, it becomes more vulnerable.
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Last month, we asked the question: When faced with a client whose social media postings may harm his legal case, is it ethical for the attorney to advise the client to alter or delete those postings? We conclude this discussion herein.
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Since debuting in law firms nearly a decade ago, the latest generation of lawyers has raised more than a few eyebrows. Workplace flexibility, firm culture integration, meaningful training with takeaways and clearly defined billable hour goal options were not nearly as mainstream before the arrival of the Millennials.
Companies that thought the new U.S.-EU "Privacy Shield" would restore legal certainty around trans-Atlantic data transfers may want to think again.