What’s black and white and read all over? The JD Supra Morning Brief, of course…
This interview of Christine Beshar, the first female partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1971, will make your day (Bloomberg Law)
Burma has acceded to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. And that’s good news for investors (Orrick)
The new FTC guidance on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is out. And none too soon… (Morrison & Foerster)
After 41 years, the IRS is challenging Sumner Redstone’s transfer of stock in a family company to other family members as a taxable gift (Charles “Chuck” Rubin)
Ready or not, here I (9) come! (Sherman & Howard)
15 minutes to save 15%? How about 15 minutes to make sure you and your family have adequate protection? (Hoffman DiMuzio)
Think you might install solar panels in the new house you’re building? If you live in Lancaster, CA, it’s the law… (Foley & Lardner)
New Mexico’s new Fair Pay for Women Act will go into effect on June 14, 2013. Here’s what it means for employers in the state (Proskauer)
IRS to higher education: you’re not doing it right (and we’re going to teach you how…) (Morgan Lewis)
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Nothing like a long weekend of Bitcoin farming to make you appreciate heading back to the office on a Monday morning…
If Dodd-Frank already fixed “Too Big To Fail,” why do we need another law? (Bloomberg Law)
Sleep easy, America: “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” won’t be going dark anytime soon… (Foley Hoag)
How’s that transition to a paperless I-94 going? Well, it’s complicated… (Dinsmore)
Yours, mine, and … mine again. And I’m pretty sure that one’s mine, too (Law Offices of Adrian H. Altshuler & Associates)
Everything you need to know about social media password protection and privacy in the workplace (Littler)
Coming to America: the manufacturing edition. Brought to you by the US fracking industry… (King & Spalding)
Yeah, but it’s going to be a lot harder to turn the city around now that wrestling is off the agenda… (Foley & Lardner)
Mistreated by a money transfer company? Tell the CFPB… (Davis Wright Tremaine)
Sacré bleu – theft of trade secrets could become a crime in France… (Orrick)
Small and mid-sized companies face important cybersecurity risks, too (Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn)
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Quitting time? Not quite. But if you sneak out early with your iPad, you can call it “legal research” (and call it a day). We won’t tell a soul…
Is it ever NOT a good idea to delete a social media account? (JD Supra Law News)
Fire up the laptop – Daddy needs a new pair of shoes! (Jeff Ifrah)
Think you want to invest in Bitcoins? Read this first… (Pepper Hamilton)
Maybe if they’d spent a little less time at the hookah and a little more time reading their cable contract, they wouldn’t be in this situation… (Varnum)
Will it ever be legal to sell digital goods? (JD Supra Legal Perspective)
FMLA leave test: does taking my pregnant girlfriend’s mother to the doctor count? (Davis Brown)
Take Your Dog to Work Day? Really? (Bean, Kinney & Korman)
The Video Privacy Protection Act has finally caught up with the 21st century… (Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn)
Businesses are now free to put the “charge” back in charging to a credit card… (Schnader)
We’ve already bought our tickets for a stay at Cretaceous Park… (MBHB)
Yes, jerk.com, cheaterville.com, and datingpsychos.com are real websites. Here’s what to know if you end up on one… (Duane Morris)
Yes Rasta appropriation is art, says appeals court #Irie (Foley Hoag)
Mistaken eyewitness identification has underpinned 75% of the convictions overturned by DNA analysis… (Raiser & Kenniff)
A glimmer of hope for online merchants? (Dinsmore)
Remember Jeffrey Skilling? He’s been toiling for a reduced sentence since he went to jail in 2006 – and his efforts may be successful… (Jeff Ifrah)
Ah yes – the ole “she tricked me into firing her” defense… (Cozen O’Connor)
Even a guilty person can suffer a miscarriage of justice… (The Kaiser Law Firm)
Employer background checks? There’s a proposed class action for that (Saul Ewing)
What’s new in say-on-pay trends and litigation developments? Funny you should ask… (Skadden Arps)
Fair play? A federal court of appeals just granted a publisher a perpetual license in a video game due to the developer’s fraudulent conduct and egregious breach of a game development agreement (Pillsbury)
Hey – we can all dream, can’t we? (Reed Smith)
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Time to get serious. Or at least get a second cup of coffee (and a cherry Danish) to go with this JD Supra Morning Brief:
Is it ever NOT a good idea to delete a social media account? (JD Supra Law News)
A tax of $0.0006 per derivatives transaction could raise $300 million a year for the CFTC… (Shipkevich)
Workplace violence can have a devastating toll that continues long after the violence ends (Fisher & Phillips)
Maybe if they’d spent a little less time at the hookah and more time reading their cable contract, they wouldn’t be in this situation… (Varnum)
“Can we fire that guy in France?” “Hold on, lemme check…” (White & Case)
Fire up the laptop – Daddy needs a new pair of shoes! (Jeff Ifrah)
Former NFL players are finally getting their day in court to talk about football-related head injuries (The Rothenberg Law Firm)
Think you want to invest in Bitcoins? Read this first… (Pepper Hamilton)
Getting a credit card just got easier for stay-at-home spouses and partners (Ballard Spahr)
Will it ever be legal to sell digital goods? (JD Supra Legal Perspective)
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The government of Colombia is locked in litigation over a Spanish ship sunk by the British navy in 1708 off the country’s coast that may contain more than $17 billion in precious metals. On the other hand, the ship may not even exist… (Bloomberg Law)
FMLA leave test: does taking my pregnant girlfriend’s mother to the doctor count? (Davis Brown)
Take Your Dog to Work Day? Really? (Bean, Kinney & Korman)
The Video Privacy Protection Act has finally caught up with the 21st century… (Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn)
What’s new in global outsourcing? A lot, actually (Morrison & Foerster)
Businesses are now free to put the “charge” back in charging to a credit card… (Schnader)
OSHA wants to extend workplace protections to temporary workers (Mintz Levin)
Marcellus shale gas is not a mineral. Here’s why it matters (Saul Ewing)
A grand jury in New York just indicted a Swiss lawyer and banker for helping Americans evade taxes (Katten Muchin Rosenman)
Here are 16 ways to comply with “Buy American” requirements (Sheppard Mullin)
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Happy Law Day! How are you celebrating? Our suggestion: a double espresso, a blueberry scone, and the JD Supra Morning Brief…
Developing a mobile app? Develop a data collection and user privacy policy first… (Fenwick & West)
We’ve already bought our tickets for a stay at Cretaceous Park… (MBHB)
Yes, jerk.com, cheaterville.com, and datingpsychos.com are real websites. Here’s what to know if you end up on one… (Duane Morris)
Yes Rasta appropriation is art, says appeals court #Irie (Foley Hoag)
The EEOC continues to target pregnancy-related discrimination in the workplace (Poyner Spruill)
April was a busy month for FCPA regulators (and the individuals they prosecuted, too) (Thomas Fox)
Is “being green” easier now than it was for Kermit the Frog? Not when trying to obtain insurance coverage… (Sedgwick)
Mistaken eyewitness identification has underpinned 75% of the convictions overturned by DNA analysis… (Raiser & Kenniff)
The best defense against trade secret theft begins at home… (Snell & Wilmer)
What’s to know about California’s Right to Know Act? Plenty… (Mintz Levin)
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On this day in history: George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first president of the United States (April 30, 1789). Happy other birthday, America!
There sure are a lot of problems facing the American Bar Association’s Task Force on the Future of Legal Education… (Bloomberg Law)
A glimmer of hope for online merchants? (Dinsmore)
The country’s consumer financial watchdog wants to regulate the way financial advisers market their services to seniors (BuckleySandler)
Remember Jeffrey Skilling? He’s been toiling for a reduced sentence since he went to jail in 2006 – and his efforts may be successful… (Jeff Ifrah)
President Obama wants to spend even more money enforcing the nation’s employment laws in 2014 (Franczek Radelet)
Ah yes – the ole “she tricked me into firing her” defense… (Cozen O’Connor)
Even a guilty person can suffer a miscarriage of justice… (The Kaiser Law Firm)
The first court ruling to set a “Fair, Reasonable, and Non-discriminatory” (FRAND) royalty rate for a standard essential patent was issued last week (Skadden Arps)
Trying to decide if your new workers should be independent contractors or employees? Read this (Looper Reed)
Do you know the way to San Jose? Because minimum wage in the city is $10 per hour… (Ogletree Deakins)
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For our next act, we’ll make that boring commute zip by in a flash…
The first step in responding to a corporate problem? Admitting you have a problem… (Bloomberg Law)
Employer background checks? There’s a proposed class action for that (Saul Ewing)
We’re pretty sure we’ve seen this movie before, maybe online? (JD Supra Contributors)
Cell phone cramming operators: the FTC has your number… (Jeff Ifrah)
What’s new in say-on-pay trends and litigation developments? Funny you should ask… (Skadden Arps)
Is having a US subsidiary reason enough to require a foreign company to stand trial in the US for the activities of a separate, non-US-based subsidiary? Sounds like a question for the Supreme Court… (Foley & Lardner)
What are the prospects for the federal bill prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace? Not good, according to this Senator (Pullman & Comley)
Fair play? A federal court of appeals just granted a publisher a perpetual license in a video game due to the developer’s fraudulent conduct and egregious breach of a game development agreement (Pillsbury)
What’s going on with the rules for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act? Unfortunately, not much… (Varnum)
Hey – we can all dream, can’t we? (Reed Smith)
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That “weekend” thing everyone’s been talking about since Monday? It’s here. Make it a good one, with a dose of JD Supra Law News:
Is Big Law on the mend? Maybe… (Bloomberg Law)
Relax, America – SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has approved the new three-year contract for television commercials (Heenan Blaikie)
SEO expert testimony in litigation? Yep - it’s coming… (Ronald Coleman)
The struggle to make respect for human rights part of mainstream corporate practice in the United States has just begun… (Foley Hoag)
“Street” smarts, brought to you by Google… (BakerHostetler)
On the Internet in China, someone actually DOES know you’re a dog… (Sheppard Mullin)
Will doing time become a requirement for those convicted of white collar crimes? (Saul Ewing)
Can human genes be patented? (JD Supra Legal Perspective)
“Neither admit nor deny” settlements of SEC charges may not be very satisfying, but without them the agency would lack an important enforcement tool… (Orrick)
School officials have no unlimited right to search content on a student’s phone, says a federal appellate court (Franczek Radelet)
The Marketplace Fairness Act would spell the end of tax-free purchases on the Internet (Dinsmore)
The SEC’s social media guidance changes the way corporations communicate with investors. Here’s how… (JD Supra Legal Perspective)
“Essential” job duties are still essential when an employee rarely performs them… (Ogletree Deakins)
On second thought, maybe paying doctors for patient referrals wasn’t such a good idea after all… (King & Spalding)
Your tax dollars at work: federal report finds that a lot of commercial real estate loans went bad when the market collapsed, often leaving small banks holding the bag (Dechert)
Drafting a contract? It’ll be better if you think like a litigator… (Burns & Levinson)
Space: the final frontier… For insurance companies? (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips)
Be kind. Enough said. (McManis Faulkner)
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act puts the burden on the copyright owner – not the website – to track infringement. Don’t believe us? Ask Viacom (or Google) (Looper Reed)
Wonder what’s going on with the legalization of crowdfunding? Read this (Leonard, Street and Deinard)
Last year the Supreme Court said law enforcement couldn’t attach GPS-tracking devices to a vehicle without a warrant. But there may be exceptions… (Jeff Ifrah)
The new immigration reform bill is 844 pages long. Here’s a good summary (Morgan Lewis)
More and more states have begun to consider laws that would require the disclosure of toxic chemicals in consumer products (Davis Wright Tremaine)
True or False: telling an employer she needs to clean a construction site trailer in a French Maid’s Costume is not sexual harassment. No, it’s not a trick question. And yes, you might be surprised by the answer… (Fenwick & West)
Will lawmakers succeed in imposing a financial transactions tax on Wall Street? (Duane Morris)
Does your business comply with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act? (Foley & Lardner)
Can you trademark a store design? Ask Apple (Winthrop & Weinstine)
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Is Big Law on the mend? Maybe… (Bloomberg Law)
Relax, America – SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has approved the new three-year contract for television commercials (Heenan Blaikie)
SEO expert testimony in litigation? Yep - it’s coming… (Ronald Coleman)
The struggle to make respect for human rights part of mainstream corporate practice in the United States has just begun… (Foley Hoag)
Heads up, online retailers: the New York taxman is soon to come a-calling… (Morrison Foerster - Social Media)
Three ways to ensure success when exporting? 1. Click this link. 2. Read the update. 3. Implement (Baker Donelson)
The Affordable Care Act is full of cost-saving measures to reduce health care spending. But that doesn’t mean the industry no longer has to worry about cost containment… (Mintz Levin)
“Street” smarts, brought to you by Google… (BakerHostetler)
On the Internet in China, someone actually DOES know you’re a dog… (Sheppard Mullin)
“Who’s that guy hanging around the office?” “He says he’s from the Department of Labor, here about the FMLA” (Franczek Radelet)
There’s a new I-9 form in town (and you’d better start using it) (Small Business Support)
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