Publications

Trademark scams have been steadily increasing over the past few years.  If you receive correspondence about your trademarks from someone other than your trademark attorney – correspondence that looks like an invoice or an offer for trademark services – it is likely not legitimate.  With technological advancements, it is now […]

On November 21, 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, wherein the federal appeals court held that the alleged infringing mark was an expressive work protected by the First Amendment. Jack Daniel’s concerns a lawsuit filed by […]

A few weeks ago, in late February 2023, we cautioned employers about a game changing National Labor Relations Board decision severely restricting confidentiality and disparagement clauses in severance agreements.[1] Yesterday, March 22, 2023, the NLRB’s top lawyer published additional guidance on this subject.[2]  General Counsel Abruzzo has now declared: The […]

Preserve the Sandhills, LLC v. Cherry County, 313 Neb. 668 (2023). Nebraska law provides two methods for appealing a county board’s approval or disapproval of a conditional use application.  The appellant may either (1) appeal under section 23-114.01(5) or (2) file a petition in error under section 25-1901.[1]  An appellant’s […]

Employees in 2023 enjoy a target rich environment for challenging their terminations.  Civil rights challenges alleging race, religion, gender and sexual orientation discrimination (among others) are common.  Employees can also assert discrimination based on age, or medical condition, or failure to accommodate.  They can allege retaliation based on FMLA usage, […]