You’ve got a great idea for a new product or screenplay and you want to send it right off to a company or movie studio, but how do you make sure that you will benefit if they love the idea as much as you do? Here are some proactive protective measures you can take to make sure you profit from your great ideas. (more…)
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You receive an unsolicited submission of a new product or a screenplay and would love to use it but you’re worried about exposing your company to liability. Here are some proactive protective measures you can take to protect your company in the dangerous world of unsolicited submissions. (more…)
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This post goes under the category of “good to know.” It’s probably not something most of us are concerned about, but it’s still comforting to know that the law protects the privacy of our video preferences. (more…)
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: personal information, privacy, video downloading, Video Privacy Protection Act, video rental | 4 Comments »
When planning your discovery, you need to know all the key numbers, i.e., the numerical limitations on the various discovery methods. Here’s a handy overview so you will know how much is too much under California’s discovery statutes.
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Discovery, Legal Topics | Tagged: demands for production, depositions, discovery, discovery plan, form interrogatories, interrogatories, numerical limitations on discovery, requests for admission, special interrogatories | Leave a Comment »
One of the strengths of mediation is its cloak of confidentiality. Participants can feel free to say what they want and show documents prepared for mediation without the fear of it biting them later in the litigation. But not everything said and shown in mediation is protected. As with everything else, know the limits of mediation confidentiality. (more…)
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The seemingly anonymous world of the Internet leads many of us to say things there that we would never say in person. But watch out, libel laws follow you into cyberspace. (more…)
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Each year almost 2 million American workers report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that they were victims of workplace violence — and many more cases go unreported. Although much of this violence is out of their control, employers can take actions that will cut down on this terrible statistic. (more…)
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Question: Can a landlord enter a rented premises when the tenant below complains of water dripping from the ceiling? And the answer is…
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The situation with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has not only put the spotlight on him (though not in the way he wants), but it also has drawn interest to confidentiality agreements in settlements. What are they, how are they used, and can the parties get out of them? (more…)
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To smell is not the same as to see. At least that’s what a California court of appeal recently concluded when it rejected the validity of a warrantless search of a Fed Ex package based on the smell of marijuana alone. (more…)
Filed under: Criminal Law, Evidence, Legal Topics, New Legal Developments | Tagged: marijuana, plain smell, plain view doctrine, police officers, search and seizure, warrant, warrantless searches | 6 Comments »
