Latest Blog Posts

• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: April 25, 2019 Title: Patent Litigation Trends in the Wake of TC Heartland
  Summary: In May 2017, the Supreme Court issued TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, a decision that many expected would significantly limit forum shopping in patent cases. Prior to that case, patentees could file infringement lawsuits in any court with personal jurisdiction over the accused infringer, so most corporations were subject to suit in every district court. ...
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: April 23, 2019 Title: Digital Forensic Experts are a Resource for IT Professionals
  Summary: One of the best qualities an information technology (IT) professional can possess is the tenacity to fully troubleshoot and resolve system issues as they occur. Unfortunately, that same drive and sense of urgency to gather relevant facts and to restore inoperable systems as quickly as possible can create issues for the necessary digital forensic investigations following a data security incident. ...
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: April 22, 2019 Title: A Fair-Minded and Welcoming Workplace for All
  Summary: While Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—the federal law prohibiting discrimination by private employers—does not expressly include sexual orientation or gender identity as protected classes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), consistent with U.S. Supreme Court case law, has taken the position that Title VII's prohibition of sex discrimination forbids employment discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, protections which apply regardless of any contrary laws....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: April 18, 2019 Title: An Employee’s Rights and Responsibilities to Seek and Obtain COBRA Continuation Coverage
  Summary: The prospect of losing one’s employer-sponsored health insurance is a scary proposition. This is a quick guide of your rights and responsibilities to secure continuation coverage if you choose to do so following an event that causes you to lose coverage provided through an employee-sponsored group health plan....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: April 16, 2019 Title: An Important Fact About Informed Written Consent and Conflict Waivers
  Summary: If you’ve ever worked with a labor & employment attorney, you may have heard them refer to “written consent” and “conflict waivers.” These terms can be confusing and this post will endeavor to explain what they mean and give suggestions on what you should do when dealing faced with them in your business. ...
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: April 12, 2019 Title: Utah Requires Warrant for Law Enforcement Access to Certain Types of Data
  Summary: On March 27, 2019, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed House Bill (HB) 57 – known as the Electronic Information or Data Privacy Act – into law, making Utah the first state to protect information that individuals have shared with certain third parties.  Among its provisions, HB 57 states that, effective May 14, 2019, law enforcement may not generally obtain certain types of “electronic information or data” for use in a criminal investigation or prosecution without first obtaining a search warrant....
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: April 09, 2019 Title: Virginia & Utah Amend Data Breach Statutes
  Summary: On March 18, 2019, the commonwealth of Virginia enacted House Bill (HB) 2396, amending the commonwealth’s data breach notification statute. Specifically, HB 2396 expanded the commonwealth’s definition of “personal information” sufficient to trigger a notification obligation following a data security incident. Effective July 1, 2019, “personal information” will be defined to include both passport number and military identification number in addition to those data sets that were previously regulated....
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: April 03, 2019 Title: Improving Your Office365 Security Posture to Stop Phishing at Email’s Shores
  Summary: Phishing attacks and other email compromise schemes are not just an annoyance in the modern workspace. A successful email compromise can allow malicious actors to intrude into an organization’s enterprise email accounts, expose sensitive data contained in users’ inboxes, and give cyber criminals the ability to successfully impersonate an employee to others within and without the organization by using the employee’s own email account....
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: April 02, 2019 Title: The Financial Fraud Kill Chain: Combatting Fraudulent Money Transfers
  Summary: Businesses are constantly targeted by criminals attempting to gain access to information that will allow them to fraudulently divert wire transfers. This often occurs after the criminal has conducted sufficient reconnaissance to determine who likely has an occupational role to approve or initiate wire transfers. The employee will then be targeted – often a financial executive like a Chief Financial Officer – and their email account will be compromised. But this can be prevented....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: March 28, 2019 Title: ‘Not for Eternity’ – Implications From The Supreme Court Reversal of a Deceased Judge’s Ruling
  Summary: The law is an ever-evolving and unpredictable thing. As are the courts and their judges – whether dead or alive. The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court typically has no difficulty finding reasons to vacate or reverse a decision from the notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. ...