Guest post today by Tom Bowden. Oh when will they ever learn? (Pete Seeger – Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Copyright 1961 (renewed) Fall River Music Inc. It seems that internet and social media titans Google and Facebook have once again, to no one’s surprise, gotten themselves in some hot water with the FTC [...]

As of June 23, 2011, all cities, all counties, and private employers with at lest 25 employees in North Carolina are required to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees.

Image via Wikipedia The trademark geeks lawyers at Sands Anderson have been debating how far a company should go to “police” its trademarks.  Entrepreneur Media  (publisher of Entrepreneur magazine and owner of Entrepreneur.com) got us thinking about it:  in attempts to protect its Entrepreneur brand, it sent cease and desist letters to EntrepreneurOlogy.com for workshops, [...]

On May 1, 2011, Navy SEAL forces killed terrorist Osama Bin Laden in a daring overnight raid in his Pakistani lair.  On May 3, 2011, Disney Enterprises, Inc. filed federal trademark applications for “SEAL TEAM 6” for toys, handheld computer games, Christmas stockings, Christmas tree ornaments and decorations; snow globes, entertainment and educational services and [...]

These days most businesses have web sites of some sort.  Have you ever wondered if a dissatisfied or injured customer in Peoria, Illinois or Honolulu, Hawaii could make you defend a lawsuit in their state just because they can view your website there?  This is a question I’ve been spending a lot of time on [...]

We have a new litigator in our office:  David McKenzie.  His official bio will give you the facts and figures, but will not give you the true measure of the man.