If your company is collecting personal data about California residents and meets ONE of the following criteria, it must be compliant with this new law. Does your company: Have $25 million in [...]
Does the 2020 California Consumer Privacy Act Apply to Your Business?
In Corporate Issues, Information and Business Technology PostedThe California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect on January 1, 2020. This legislation will have a far-reaching impact on companies that do business with California residents. Similar to the [...]
Has a customer ever asked you to use construction drawings from another job? Or have you found out that another contractor was using your drawings? This can be a very frustrating situation – and [...]
European General Data Protection Regulation Affects US Businesses
In Corporate Issues, Information and Business Technology, Intellectual Property PostedMany US businesses have avoided addressing compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect May 25, 2018. This is typically based on erroneous conclusions such as: [...]
On September 7, 2017, Equifax Inc. announced that it had experienced a security breach of approximately 143 million US consumers’ private data, including names, Social Security Numbers, [...]
New Forum for Trade Secret Protection
In Information and Business Technology, Intellectual Property, Risk Mitigation PostedPresident Obama recently signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act into law. The bill raises trade secret protection to a federal cause of action and attempts to create more consistent protection for [...]
Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions: Have We Finally Hit Bottom?
In Corporate Issues, Intellectual Property PostedRecent court decisions have severely eroded the protectability of computer-implemented inventions. These decisions essentially hold that the mere implementation of a mental or otherwise known [...]