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|May 20, 2019At issue in Mission Product Holding v. Tempnology, LLC, was whether a licensee whose license agreement was "rejected" by the bankrupt debtor licensor was permitted to continue using the trademark that was the subject of the license. The debtor/licensor wanted the licensee to cease ongoing usage of the mark and cited to the bankruptcy law's tool of rejection as the basis for doing so. However, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the proposition that the licensee had to cease usage.
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|May 17, 2019On April 2, 2019, in the middle of its inaugural season, the nascent Alliance of American Football (AAF) ceased all operations. Within weeks the AAF filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, leaving in its wake new technologies that might one day reshape the world of professional sports.
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|May 17, 2019On April 26, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion that should greatly curtail the ability of plaintiffs to sustain gross negligence claims in transportation cases by reinforcing the extremely high burden plaintiffs must meet to establish gross negligence.
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|May 17, 2019Newark/New York Partner Bradley J. Bartolomeo has published an article for the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, May 2019 edition.
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|May 16, 2019On April 30, 2019, Maryland enacted an amendment to Maryland’s Personal Information Protection Act (Md. Code Ann. § 14-3504), which becomes effective on October 1, 2019. The amendment was introduced in response to a rise in consumer complaints about identity theft.
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|May 16, 2019Last year, the California Supreme Court held in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court that the “ABC test” determines whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee, replacing the more lenient Borello test.
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|May 16, 2019Newark Associate Gene K. Kaskiw has penned the cover story for the May 2019 edition of CLM Magazine, a publication of CLM. The article, “MAX Exposure: A look at what went wrong for Boeing’s 737MAX,” is a review of the recent airplane crashes that led to a global grounding of the entire fleet of 737MAX planes.
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|May 16, 2019Microsoft recently announced a critical vulnerability in its Windows operating systems so serious that it is issuing a patch for even unsupported, older versions of Windows. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution in Remote Desktop Services with no authentication at all. In fact, there is no user interaction of any kind required for a malicious actor to exploit the vulnerability.
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|May 15, 2019Washington D.C. Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Environmental & Administrative Law Practice Jane C. Luxton testified today before the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, in regards to several pieces of proposed legislation aimed at regulating perfluorinated chemical substances (PFAS).
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|May 14, 2019For the second year in a row, Lewis Brisbois has ranked 9th on Law360’s list of the 400 largest U.S. law firms. The list is based on self-reported headcount data as of December 31, 2018.
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|May 14, 2019Like any relationship, a separation between an employer and employee can be difficult. It can be even worse if one party is surprised by the separation. Non-competition agreements are an important tool for employers to help mitigate the difficulties of employment separation, especially when it is the employee doing the leaving. Here are three tips for employers using or thinking about using non-competition agreements/
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|May 13, 2019On May 1, 2019, Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama S.B. 54 into law, making Alabama the latest state to pass a law mandating heightened standards within the insurance industry for cybersecurity and data privacy. The Insurance Information Security Program Requirement applies specifically to insurers and other entities licensed by the Alabama Department of Insurance.
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|May 10, 2019Washington D.C. Partners Jane C. Luxton, Karen C. Bennett, and William J. Walsh were recently interviewed by Law360 for an article titled “Lewis Brisbois Boosts DC Presence with 4 New Enviro Pros.” The trio discussed their reasons for joining the firm now and what they’re focusing on.
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|May 10, 2019Following the White House’s “call to action” in 2016, many states sprang into action and attempted to reign in the use of non-compete agreements in their states to even the playing field between employers and employees. Enveloped in this wind of change, on May 8, 2019, Washington State signed into law its own non-compete statute that establishes a black-and-white compensation test for workers who can be required to sign a non-compete agreement and those who cannot.
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