A 2016 Political Football: The New DOL Overtime Exemption Rule
Ready…Set…OH WAIT! The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) controversial new rule on overtime exemptions was to take effect this week,
COPYRIGHT OFFICE IMPLEMENTS ONLINE FILING FOR SAFE HARBOR COPYRIGHT AGENTS UNDER THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)
Following the passage of the DMCA in 1998, online service providers (such as hosts for web sites, email services, online forums or chat rooms) that wished to avoid liability for posting of copyrighted materials by third parties could avail themselves of a “safe harbor” under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) by registering an agent with the […]
Legal Concerns with Email Communications
Your company can’t function without email – it’s an immediate form of communication that no one can live without in today’s business world. Have you thought about what’s in those emails? What concerns should you have as your company runs its day-to-day business? Emails are governed by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the […]
Establishing Global Software Product Distribution Networks
Your company (Company) has established a successful U.S. software product licensing and distribution network, and you are now considering expanding that network internationally. What steps need to be taken? Will the licensing and product support efforts be direct efforts (directly between the Company and the end user) or via third party resellers located in the […]
Culhane Meadows Partner Linda Priebe Earns CIPP/E Certification
Culhane Meadows, PLLC is pleased to announce that Linda Priebe in our DC office has earned the ANSI-accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) credential from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Linda becomes our 4th certified privacy attorney. Privacy professionals are the arbiters of trust in today’s data-driven global economy.
Defining Occurence In Insurance Policies
A basic risk management tool for just about any kind of organization is its liability insurance coverage. Despite its ubiquity, however, some fairly basic provisions of a liability insurance policy, such as its definition of an occurrence, can still yield unpleasant surprises,
Beware Spear-Phishing on LinkedIn and other Social Media
In speaking on a panel regarding data security for the Institute of Internal Auditors last week, I became aware of a new type of security threat
Update Trademark Registrations to Reflect New Technology
If you have trademark registrations for technologies that are now outdated, you may be eligible to participate in a new US Trademark Office program to update your registrations. Here are some examples: – Let’s say your company makes videos, and your registrations say “videotapes featuring musical instruction“ but, since you last renewed your registration, your […]
A New Era Dawns in EU Data Protection: Coming Attractions under the GDPR
The European Commission issued an announcement yesterday of its agreement with the other two major government actors within the EU to adopt a new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to govern data protection and data security issues throughout the EU. Intended to completely replace the 1995 EU Data Directive (the “Data Directive”), the GDPR will […]
Branding in a Disruptive World
The Internet presents endless marketing opportunities and challenges. Not only does it lower the barrier to entry for new market entrants, it also challenges large, well-known companies to keep their business models relevant. Many of today’s most popular brands were built at meteoric speed and without the aid of (and initially, the budget for) once-traditional forms […]
A Sigh of Relief…But Should it Be?
While we all may have breathed a sigh of relief with the explanation that last week’s stoppage of the stock market was a result of a glitch in a computerized system and not a cyber attack by powers foreign or domestic, nevertheless this event should remind all of us, but particularly those at the top […]
FTC Tells Business “Start With Security”
This scary symbol for computer virus marks the Federal Trade Commission’s new “Start with Security: A Guide for Business” issued on June 30, 2015. The Guide reviews over 50 data security enforcement settlements and provides lessons learned for business from those cases.
