The much-ballyhooed legal battle over trade secrets concerning self-driving automobile technology involving Uber took its latest (and perhaps final) turn last week, when engineer Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months...more
8/14/2020
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One of the immediate legal trends arising from the shut down of all non-essential activities has been disputes concerning consumer refunds, with many class action suits against professional sports leagues, ticket brokers,...more
5/29/2020
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Office Space ,
Refunds
When we all sheltered in place in mid-March, social media accounts everywhere reflexively joked how marijuana use was about to skyrocket like wine consumption and On Demand streaming. ...more
5/14/2020
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
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State and Local Government ,
State Loans
With all sports and live entertainment “postponed” or canceled since Rudy Gobert’s March 13th trip to that Oklahoma City hospital, and every concert and festival suffering the same fate by government order, refunds have...more
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses around the world had been bracing for the financial and operational impact of the new California Consumers Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which took effect January 1, 2020. ...more
4/7/2020
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State and Local Government
Confusion and uncertainty abound in the business world, with many business owners unable to meet a variety of contractual obligations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and related government shut downs, employee...more