JD Supra Morning Brief: Yoga Poses, Mobile Payments, Vacation Time, Fashion Law
Well that’s that, then - the world didn’t end after all. And that’s a good thing all around, isn’t it? Particularly since it means another JD Supra Morning Brief:
News to use now: mobile app privacy, HR as an anti-corruption tool, insider trading, the First Sale Doctrine, and more (Corporate Law Report)
Bikram Choudhury most certainly did not find his zen in the courtroom: the Central District of California just ruled that his yoga poses cannot be copyrighted (BakerHostetler)
The FDIC is concerned that mobile payments could open up an unregulated “shadow banking system” (Davis Wright Tremaine)
Ho, ho, huh? Santa would never sue the North Pole for lost wages, would he? (Duane Morris)
The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program received 3001 tips, complaints, and referrals in fiscal year 2012, from 50 different countries around the world (Saul Ewing)
Offering your employees vacation time over the holidays? Make sure you’re doing it right (Akerman)
Massachusetts became the 12th state to allow the formation of benefit corporations on December 1, but it’s not likely to be the last: more than a dozen others are considering similar laws (Foley Hoag)
Does time spent working from home count toward an employee’s FMLA eligibility? Maybe (Dinsmore)
Up for a fight? Sometimes duking it out with FINRA and SEC pays off (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan)
IP protection of fashion design is making strides off the runway (Ladas & Parry)
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