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The Biggest Offit Kurman News Stories of 2014
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantWelcome to Offit Kurman’s year-end countdown series, a look back at the top articles, news, and blog posts written by and about our team of attorneys over the past year. These lists collect the most thought-provoking content we had to offer in 2014, as chosen…
Friday Factoid: Playwright Files Copyright Suit Regarding Off-Broadway Play and Three’s Company
David Adjmi, the playwright of 3C, an off-Broadway play that incorporated elements based on Three’s Company (a television sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984), filed a lawsuit in New York to determine whether 3C violates copyrights in Three’s Company. In the Complaint, Adjmi asserted 3C incorporates only limited elements of Three’s Company (for the…
Top 5 Weekly Scenarios of 2014
Welcome to Offit Kurman’s year-end countdown series, a look back at the top articles, news, and blog posts written by and about our team of attorneys over the past year. These lists collect the most thought-provoking content we had to offer in 2014, as chosen by our readers. In the midst of a divorce, what…
The Weekly Scenario: Post-Nuptial Agreement & Beneficiary Changes in Retirement Plans
Question: Is a post-nuptial agreement, where both spouses consent to a beneficiary change in the other’s retirement plan, sufficient for the spouse to waive such benefit? Answer: Probably not. Generally, a plan participant’s spouse is entitled to be the beneficiary unless he or she waives that right. Such a waiver must conform to several requirements, including (under…
Compensation and Compliance Matters: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Sprint Over Charges from a Third-Party
On Dec. 17, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it was suing Sprint Corp., the major wireless provider, for “illegally cramming” consumers’ phone bills with unauthorized third party charges. Specifically, the CFPB is alleging that Sprint acted as a payment processor when a consumer received content on their phones sent to the consumer…
Read|Delete: 4 Costly Business Blunders Entrepreneurs Make
When you’re just starting out it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of a new venture. After all, you’re finally realizing a dream, you’ve found people willing to invest and you’re ready to do whatever it takes to succeed. But when you’re leading with eagerness rather than rationality, you’re likely to fall victim…
What To Do If You Receive a Patent Demand Letter: First Steps
A patent demand letter, also known as a cease and desist letter, identifies one or more patents, and alleges that one or more parties is infringing the patent. The letter may also identify an allegedly infringing product and may demand that you, the recipient, stop making and selling the product and may go so far…
Offit Kurman Attorney Wins Bid Protests Awarding $80M In Contracts To Clients
Done deal? VA could finally have a contractor to help verify veteran-owned small businesses It appears the Department of Veterans Affairs will move forward with a new contract supporting its program for verifying veteran-owned small businesses, more than a year after the VA ended the old contract and following a number of bizarre delays spurred…
Ted Offit on Executive Leaders Radio CEO Interview
Executive Leaders Radio conducts “elite interviews” of prominent CEOs, CFOs, and Presidents focusing on “what makes people 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 their business, what they do and who they serve. They…
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