Dawn Newton, Franchise Law Kristin A. Pace, Tax Law Merrill J. Schwartz, Corporate Law Philip M. Jelley, Tax Law Wilfrid F. Roberge, Jr., Trusts and Estates Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. The Best Lawyers in America rankings are based solely on […]
Dawn Newton, Franchise Law Kristin A. Pace, Tax Law Merrill J. Schwartz, Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates Philip M. Jelley, Tax Law Wilfrid F. Roberge, Jr., Trusts and Estates Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. The Best Lawyers in America rankings are […]
One such bill, SB-806, simply seeks to correct AB-5’s many typos. On the other extreme, AB-1928 seeks to repeal AB-5 and instead enact the previous multifactor test set out in S.G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d. 341. Three other pending bills each seek to “tweak” one of AB-5’s […]
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The PhoneDog Suit In October 2010, Noah Kravitz left his position as the editor-in-chief of PhoneDog.com. While employed by PhoneDog, Kravitz became so influential in the sphere of mobile phone reviews that his videos, blogs, and reviews were watched by millions, and he was considered one of the most influential people in the industry. To […]
The importance of registering creative works with the U.S. Copyright Office cannot be overstated. Registration generally is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement, and copyright holders may only recover federally prescribed statutory damages and recovery of full costs, including attorney’s fees, if registration occurs within established time frames. Those statutory damages range […]
It’s been almost seven years since PhoneDog v. Kravitz, a pioneering case that helped establish that business social media accounts could constitute trade secrets. In PhoneDog, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the trade secret misappropriation claim. During these past seven years, the use of social media has only […]