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Executive Leaders Radio CEO Interview With Bill Millward Hosted By Offit Kurman
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantExecutive Leaders Radio conducts “elite interviews” of prominent CEOs, CFOs, and Presidents focusing on “what makes them tick.” The ten to twenty-five minute on-air interviews are really informal POSITIVE conversations. Guests may be asked about their background education, influences, mentors and early career experiences, asked about…
Protect This House: Under Armour Will
When it comes to intellectual property litigation, Under Armour, Inc. continues to live up to its commercial slogan – I WILL. One year after settling its much-publicized trademark suit against Nike, the sportswear giant is once again taking steps to defend its turf against allegedly infringing parties. This time around, it is suing Skechers USA, Inc.,…
Friday Factoid: Court Orders Apple to Pay Half a Billion Dollars for Patent Infringement
Apple Inc. was ordered to pay $532.9 million when a federal jury determined its iTunes software violates three patents held by Smartflash LLC. The patents in question involve processes for accessing and storing digital content. After eight hours of deliberations, the jury determined Apple willfully used these patents without the permission of Smartflash. Apple plans…
Telebriefs®: NLRB Attorney’s Advice Memo Problematic for Employers
On March 18th, Richard Griffin, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued an advice memorandum in which he ostensibly differentiated between employee handbook provisions that he deemed to be permissible, as opposed to those provisions that he found to be impermissible under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the…
The Weekly Scenario: Digital Accounts at Death
Question: What happens to a person’s digital accounts at death? Answer: More online companies (Facebook, Google, etc.) are giving users the ability to control what happens to their digital accounts after they die. Facebook, for example allows a person to name a ‘legacy contact’ to manage one’s Facebook account after death. The legacy contact can write a…
Compensation and Compliance Matters: Overtime and Outside Loan Officers
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Department of Labor interpretation concerning the exempt status of loan officers does not mean that outside loan officers are now subject to minimum wage or overtime requirements under federal law. The DOL opinion was an interpretive letter specific to a defined fact pattern describing an inside loan…
Recent IRS Rulings Remind Charities to Avoid Grants to Pre-Selected Individuals
Recent IRS Rulings Finding Prohibited Private Benefit to Pre-Selected Individuals. The IRS issued recently several private letter rulings, including PLR 201511026 (Dec. 19, 2014), PLR 201505039 (Oct. 22, 2014) and PLR 201502017 (Oct. 14, 2014), denying the Federal income tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 501(c)(3)”)…
A Conversation with Manpreet Singh, President and Co-Founder of TalkLocal
Simplifying professional services for consumers and small businesses across the U.S. Manpreet Singh is the president and co-founder of TalkLocal, a service that connects consumers with local specialized professionals in minutes. From plumbers to tax preparers, TalkLocal users can set appointments with qualified service providers immediately without the hassle of an online search or phonebook….
Disciplining Employees For Comments About Work On Social Media
Employers Be Warned; The NLRB Is An Email Away By Neil A. Morris, Esq and Gabriel Celii, Esq In the old days, if a non-union, “at will” employee “mouthed off” about work issues to her fellow employees, or worse yet, cursing her employer, she would be fired on the spot. No muss, no fuss, no legal problem. In…
Read|Delete: Naming Your Company
Naming your company after your product or service may seriously limit future expansion. Naming it after yourself or giving it a one-word, made-up name, potentially allows you to expand into other products, services and even industries. If you think you might eventually sell your company, go with a made-up name (think Zappos, Etsy, Google). Always…
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