UK Privacy Law Not Adequate After Brexit EU Commission Notice

On January 9th, 2018, the EU Commission (EUC) issued a UK data protection Stakeholder Notice. The EUC Notice states that at this time there are “considerable uncertainties” regarding whether UK Data Protection Laws will be adequate after Brexit to permit international transfers of personal data from EU/EEA member countries to the UK. This is because after […]

Culhane Meadows Turbocharges IP Practice, Adds Five New Partners

Joe Bogdan, Larry Kass, Robert Klinger, Felicia Traub, and Jingjing Ye Bring an Unbeatable Combination of In-house and Big Law Experience to the Rapidly-Expanding, Cloud-Based Law Firm Disrupting the Conventional Law Firm Business Model DALLAS, TX / CHICAGO, IL / NEW YORK, NY (December 19, 2017) — The addition of five new partners to the […]

Windows 10 Violates Dutch Data Protection Laws

On October 13th, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) announced that it had completed its investigation of Microsoft Windows 10 and determined that Windows 10’s default user privacy and consent settings violate Dutch data protection laws.  This case is a prime example of why companies with employees, customers, prospective customers and/or operations located in […]

Mail Service on Foreign Parties Allowed

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in late May that the Hague Service Convention does not bar a U.S. litigant from using the mail to serve process on a party in another country that, like the U.S., has ratified the Convention, unless that foreign country specifically has objected to such mail service.  Water Splash, Inc. […]

Good Mediators Don’t Grow on Trees

Today, most disputes that are the subject of civil lawsuits are mediated prior to trial.  As a result, increasingly businesspeople and other individuals who generally are not accustomed to dispute resolution processes are having to learn how to go about finding a mediator for their case.  While there usually are many mediators available within a […]

Kim Verska: Cybersecurity Consciousness in the C-Suite

Kimberly Verska, partner and Chief Information Officer at Culhane Meadows, was interviewed and prominently featured in an article titled “Cybersecurity Consciousness in the C-Suite” as published by SC Media-The Cybersecurity Source.  

TECHNOLOGY, ANALOGY AND THE COMMON LAW

“The common law is a growing tree,” a 19th Century Pennsylvania judge wrote. “Its principles must be continually adapted to new facts, and the changing conditions of modern life.”[1]   Technology has been a frequent changer of modern life.  The New York Court of Appeals recently had to reconcile  technology and the common law in Flo […]