Briefings

How Would “The Revenant” Legal Issues Fare In Today’s World?

Revenant

Obermayer Redmann Maxwell & Hippell LLP – Although the Oscars are eleven days away, it seems that the online collective of paid critics, amateur bloggers, and self-professed film buffs has already announced the “rightful winners.” Whatever the Academy Awards Committee officially decides, the court of public opinion has long since pulled the Oscar bait off […]

How Would “The Revenant” Legal Issues Fare In Today’s World? Read More »

What Employers Need To Know About Supreme Court Issues After The Passing Of Justice Scalia

Scalia

Seyfath Shaw – Make no mistake, the role of Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court profoundly impacts the balance of power among the branches of our government. Now, with the untimely passing of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, the void created in the balance within the Supreme Court itself cannot be overstated. President Obama’s

What Employers Need To Know About Supreme Court Issues After The Passing Of Justice Scalia Read More »

What Is the Impact of Justice Scalia’s Death on Pending Class Action Lawsuits?

77939020.jpg.crop.promovar mediumlarge

Robinson + Cole – As our nation and especially the legal community mourn the death of one of the most charismatic and influential Supreme Court justices in our history, one question that might be asked is how Justice Scalia’s death might impact pending class action cases. There are two pending class action cases of broad

What Is the Impact of Justice Scalia’s Death on Pending Class Action Lawsuits? Read More »

Understanding Common Legal Pitfalls in Online Service Agreements

Business with bubbles resized 1024x468

Cooley LLP – In recent years, collaboration between traditional colleges and universities and private third-party service providers to create academically rigorous online programs has been a driving force in online education. And the advances in technology that made quality online education possible have been accompanied by a broader trend of disaggregation in postsecondary education. Colleges

Understanding Common Legal Pitfalls in Online Service Agreements Read More »

Understanding Drug Testing at Work and Employee Rights

Drugtesting

The bond between an employee and employer is a delicate one that involves trust, duty and responsibility. There are many grounds on which this relationship can suffer blows. But, breach of trust remains paramount. While most employees do believe and accept that some form of monitoring or surveillance on their actions is absolutely necessary, certain

Understanding Drug Testing at Work and Employee Rights Read More »

Apple and The Impact of the Largest “Patent Troll” Verdict in History

Patent troll ip nav

Spilman Thomas & Battle PLC* – In what is potentially the largest “patent troll” verdict in history, Apple has lost a $625 million patent jury award to VirnetX, according to Reuters news service. The jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas includes $334.9 million for infringement occurring prior to filing and an additional $290.7

Apple and The Impact of the Largest “Patent Troll” Verdict in History Read More »

The Different Legal Roads Taken by Uber and Lyft

FAQ: Legal and Liability Issues Over Uber Car Accidents

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman – The future of ride-sharing companies has hung in the balance for more than two years while class actions and labor complaints were pending against industry giants Uber, Lyft and others. The ride-sharing companies have primarily fought with their drivers over the driver’s employment status—a conflict between whether the drivers

The Different Legal Roads Taken by Uber and Lyft Read More »

Is the Recent Decision Affecting the FTC a “Win for the Internet” or Not?

Ftc

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman  – In our recent post, Living in a Nonmaterial World: Determining IP Rights for Digital Data, we discussed the potential impact of the Federal Circuit decision in ClearCorrect v. ITC, 2014-1527, in which the appeals court held that the “articles that infringe” are limited to “material things” and thus do not

Is the Recent Decision Affecting the FTC a “Win for the Internet” or Not? Read More »

3 Steps To Ensure Enforceability of Your Website’s Terms of Use

Socialmedia

Morrison & Foerster – Aaron P. Rubin and Daniel A. Zlatnik Operators of social media platforms and other websites typically manage their risks by imposing terms of use or terms of service for the sites. As we previously wrote, websites must implement such terms properly to ensure that they are enforceable. Specifically, users must be

3 Steps To Ensure Enforceability of Your Website’s Terms of Use Read More »

Scroll to Top