LegalLiteracy.com
"The purpose of this blog is to make visible the links between business and law. It uses current events and stories to help you learn from others' mistakes and raise awareness of the legal environment of business — how it can help you, and how it can hurt you."
Author: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner is associate general counsel and national counsel for trademark enforcement at Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Corporate Compliance • In-house Counsel • Intellectual Property Law • Trademark Law • Law Practice Management • In-house Lawyer
Recent Posts from LegalLiteracy.com
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Patents and legal leverage
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about how Toyota is leveraging it’s investment in product development with patents. More specifically, Toyota has been diligently patenting the inventions resulting from the engineering developments associated…
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Jersey Boys stole my heart
The past few years I’ve been to NYC I’ve been unable to get tickets to the Broadway show Jersey Boys, the story about the rise to success of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. When…
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Smart cost saving move
A tip of the hat goes to the law firm of Howrey LLP who announced a new apprenticeship type program for new associates. More specifically, program aims to train the novice lawyers on the firms’ dime, not…
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Outrageous arbitration award — $4.1 billion
In a classic example of what not to do, fellow blogger Michael D. Young tells how iFreedom Communications International Holdings Ltd wound up with a whopping $4.1 billion arbitration award against it in a case involving…
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Are Strippers Independent Contractors?
Wage and hour claims have been on the rise and among the latest claims to be filed is a class action against a strip club outside of Minneapolis alleging the entertainers have been misclassified as…
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Employment law is hotter than ever
Wage and hour litigation is at all time highs. The Department of Labor estimates that more than 70% of all employers out of compliance with wage and hour laws. A shaky economy has employers reducing…
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Your partner: Uncle Sam?
Our government impacts business through legislation and regulation. It creates the legal playing field that all legitimate businesses operate on. When companies cross the foul lines and Uncle Sam prosecutes, the government may elect to become your…
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Quote of the day: business strategy
Litigation . . . is a matter of business strategy. Kazumi Kuriyama, general manager of Pioneer’s intellectual property unit as quoted in “Asian Electronics Makers Waging All-Out Patent War,” June 10, 2009. A flat-screen TV typically…
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Privacy Piracy with Mari Frank on KUCI 88.9 FM
Please join me tomorrow evening, JUNE 10TH, 5-6 PM Pacific Time (8-9PM Eastern), on KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine, CA and audio streaming on WWW.KUCI.ORG ( http://www.kuci.org/ ) when I’m interviewed by PRIVACY PIRACY host, MARI FRANK.…
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Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer Interviews New York Super Lawyer Elise Bloom on June 16th
I am delighted to announce that on the next edition of Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer, I will be interviewing New York Super Lawyer Elise Bloom, a partner at the NY firm of Proskauer Rose,…