News Briefs
March 29, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Court Watch
March 29, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
New Net-Use Tracking Tactics Capture Privacy Claims
March 29, 2011
The use of new technology makes peoples' efforts to keep Internet behavior private more difficult, has given rise to renewed claims from consumers of unlawful intrusiveness by Internet data-collectors, and has revived the argument that such behavior unlawfully violates privacy expectations.
Downstream Liability in Trade Secret Litigation After Silvaco
March 29, 2011
Last year, for the first time, the issue of downstream liability surfaced in the law of trade secret misappropriation. In 2010, a California appellate court held in <i>Silvaco Data Sys. v. Intel Corp.</i> that a software licensee did not know or acquire the secret source code the manufacturer used to make the product and, as a matter of law, it could not be liable for trade secret misappropriation.
Passing the Baton
March 29, 2011
As law firms and many other professional service firms including CPAs emerge from the turbulent economic environment of the past few years, they find themselves with an ownership group that continues to age and mounting concerns on how the enterprise will find the continuity to survive and prosper into the future.
Claims Risks
March 29, 2011
As in-house counsel continue to juggle their roles between corporate gatekeepers and confidants, they face a host of emerging risks.
Reining in Health Care Costs
March 29, 2011
What if firms had a way to provide the same benefit protections, but at a lower cost to both the firms and their employees? Combining a high-deductible health plan with health savings accounts can do just that.
Fourth Quarter e-Commerce: Lookin' Good!
March 29, 2011
Fourth-quarter 2010 estimated U.S. retailing rose 3.6% over the third quarter, the Census Bureau reports, as consumer confidence rose through the Christmas season on a wave of slightly rising employment.
Reviving the Not'Quite Dead
March 29, 2011
Congress passed the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act ("ROSCA") to great public acclaim late last year. But was the new law necessary? Dictionary.com defines restore in several parts, but all refer to bringing back something "lost" or "dead." Looking at recent online business statistics, though, how can anyone reasonably believe that online shopping was "lost" or "dead," much less in need of the "restoration" desired by the new law's authors?