New Year’s Resolution – Record Retention Policy
I spent some time over the holidays cleaning out my parent’s personal record files. I found tax returns and investment reports dating back to the 1990’s. I found legal documents related to sales of real estate from 1984. And I found lots of miscellaneous warranties, instruction booklets, quarterly account reports, and bank statements from several […]
Update Trademark Registrations to Reflect New Technology
If you have trademark registrations for technologies that are now outdated, you may be eligible to participate in a new US Trademark Office program to update your registrations. Here are some examples: – Let’s say your company makes videos, and your registrations say “videotapes featuring musical instruction“ but, since you last renewed your registration, your […]
A New Era Dawns in EU Data Protection: Coming Attractions under the GDPR
The European Commission issued an announcement yesterday of its agreement with the other two major government actors within the EU to adopt a new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to govern data protection and data security issues throughout the EU. Intended to completely replace the 1995 EU Data Directive (the “Data Directive”), the GDPR will […]
Trademark Nominative Fair Use in an Emoji World
This article explores the history of trademark nominative fair use and the recent case filed by In-N-Out Burgers against Door Dash. It looks at whether there is potential for a shift in traditional thinking about what is allowable under fair use in light of changes in our culture and how we use apps and visual […]
The US-EU Safe Harbor Implosion: What’s Next For U.S. Companies?
When Edward Snowden disclosed the extent of US government surveillance of private communications taking place in the US and elsewhere in 2013, it is unlikely that he would have anticipated that his actions would lead to a potential breakdown in electronic commerce between the US and Europe. Yet with the opinion of the Court of […]
Did you know…?? Amendments to Illinois Wage Payment & Collection Act
Without so much as a press release or other fanfare, the Illinois Department of Labor has enacted rather significant changes to the Wage Payment & Collection Act. These changes affect all employers in Illinois, including units of local government and school districts, with
Ninth Circuit: “Fair Use ” Doctrine Must be Weighed Before DMCA Take-Down
You’ve just posted a too-cute video of your 13-month-old son bopping to a song (“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince, as he then was) on YouTube. It gets a couple of hundred views and then YouTube pulls it down– because Universal Music, in charge of playing copyright cop for the song, filed a takedown notification under […]
Dremluk, Jacoby and Meadows named as 2015 NYC Super Lawyers
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2015 — Culhane Meadows PLLC is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s partners – Robert W. Dremluk, David Jacoby and James E. Meadows – have been named to the prestigious 2015 list of Super Lawyers in the New York Metro area by Super Lawyers Magazine. All three of the […]
The Arctic Circle Organization Holds Alaskan Arctic Shipping Summit
The Arctic Circle Organization headquartered in Iceland held its first regional summit “The Alaskan Arctic Summit on Shipping and Ports” August 23-25, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska. It’s the first in a series of issues-based forums The Arctic Circle Organization plans to hold around
Representations and Warranties: How Should I Know?
Anyone who deals with contracts, whether as a lawyer or a client, is familiar with representations and warranties. Nearly all commercial agreements have them in some form or another. Often each party will “rep and warrant” to the other that it was properly organized and is currently in good standing in its state of formation, […]
Treasury Drafts Proposals for US Model Income Tax Treaty
On July 14, 2015 Robert Kiggins moderated a panel discussion in New York City sponsored by The International Business Structuring Association based in London, England on the Treasury Draft Proposals for the next US Model Income Tax Treaty which were released May 20, 2015. The US Model was last updated in 2006 so this is […]
Bob Dremluk Discusses Cram Down Interest Rates
The July 31, 2015 issue of The Bankruptcy Strategist contains an article written by Bob Dremluk about a recent case law development in the Momentive bankruptcy cases with respect determining the cram down interest rate for a secured loan in a Chapter 11 case. On appeal from an order confirming the debtors’ Chapter 11 plan the […]