USPTO Proposes To Make Foreign Applicants Use U.S.-Licensed Attorneys
Do-It-Yourself U.S. trademark filings from anywhere in the world may no longer be the story by the end of 2019. On February 15, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a proposal to change federal trademark law. T
An Employee Injured While On A Regularly Scheduled Lunch Break is Not Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits
By: Rayford Taylor, Esq. On February 26, 2019, The Georgia Court of Appeals in Daniel v. Bremen-Bowdon Investment Co. ruled that an employee injured while on a regularly scheduled lunch break is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefi
Ironical: Late Notice by Insurer of Reservation of Rights in Estoppel of Coverage Defense of Late Notice by Insured
Written by: James H. Fisher II, Esq. In Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Cribb, 2019 WL 451555 (N.D. Ga.), Auto Owners, as insurer brought a declaratory judgment action asserting failure of its insured to comply with a coverage condition precede
NLRB Returns to Employer-Friendly Approach in its Independent Contractor Analysis
Written by: Allison Averbuch, Esq. In January, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., walked back Obama-era collective-bargaining decisions. Overruling NLRB precedent established during the Obama administration, th
Immigration Updates
Ashik Jahan, Esq. USCIS resumes premium processing for H1B petitions. https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-filed-or-dec-21-2018 Trump administration pushes forward with plans to end EAD for H4
10TH CIRCUIT CONTINUES THE EROSION OF CGL BUSINESS RISK EXCLUSIONS
Written by: C. Michael Johnson, Esq. The 10th Circuit, just added its authority to a judicial trend of very narrowly construing key business risk exclusions in the CGL Policy: Exclusions j (5) & (6). MTI, Inc., v. Employers Ins. Co, Of Wausa
False Eyelashes Catch Our Attention in More Ways Than One
Written by: John Parkerson, Esq. Note the interesting recent “reminder” about the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforcement of laws prohibiting doing business with certain countries, entities and persons: ht
UTMA Custodial Accounts: Transferring a UTMA Account to a Trust
The Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA or the Act) of each state provides for the management, use, and disposition of property gifted or otherwise transferred to a minor
I.P. Counterfeiting: Protection from Counterfeiting in an Increasingly Online World
Written by: Reid Morelli, Esq. and Andrew Bayudan Counterfeiting continues to remain one of most dangerous threats to I.P. owners – cutting into owners’ profits and injuring reputations. Counterfeit products bear the insignia of a tradem
Immigrants Feel Pain as Government Shutdown Creates Delays, Backlogs
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. Thousands of immigrants and their families face uncertainty and lengthy delays in hearings before immigration judges as the longest U.S. government shutdown in history causes massive backlogs in immigration courts a