The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it clear that a minimal “check the box” approach is not sufficient.
This article notes that in some ways, the internet is a replication of the real world whereas in other ways, it plays by its own rules. Specifically, the article focuses on how distinctive marks are created, maintained and presented on the web...
California's budget woes have been well-documented; one manifestation of increasingly-shoestring budgets is a decrease in court facilities available for civil (as opposed to criminal) trials. This article notes that although some civil trials...
This article points to an example that illustrates a simple truth about jury trials: jurors do not stop paying attention to facts once they leave the jury box in the courtroom. In the example, a plaintiff who suffered injuries at the...
Does a will take precedence over a trust, or vice versa? The answer, as explained in this article, is neither, because a will governs different property than a trust. The article details this difference and goes on to provide an example...
This article continues analysis of a magistrate's opinion in a BitTorrent case where an adult film company sued a number of anonymous defendants alleging violations of trademark rights. The article quotes several amusing excerpts from the...
If you incorporate your business in one state but do most of your business in another, which state's corporate law applies? This article notes a feature in California's corporate law which causes certain provisions of the California...
What are some of the most important provisions for you and your business partners to include in your LLC's operating agreement? This article provides a baseline of six items which (at a bare minimum) every LLC's operating agreement should...
This post completes a three-part primer which teaches founders about legal aspects of seed financings with a focus on a handful of tricky issues which arise in this context when using convertible notes. The issues so discussed in the article...
The rise of torrents and wireless internet has made it much easier for individuals to download unauthorized copies of copyrighted works while making it much more difficult to identify those who have done so. This article reviews one response by...