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    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • a day ago
    • 1 min

    State Privacy Laws Have Teeth

    In 2008, Illinois passed the Biometric Information Privacy Act to grant consumers privacy protections for collected biometric information...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jan 19
    • 2 min

    Final Carbon Capture Credit Regulations Ease Participation For Smaller Businesses

    The IRS has released final regulations under Code Section 45Q. It provides for a U.S. federal income tax credit at varying rates to taxpa...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jan 12
    • 1 min

    Uber Arbitration Agreement Tossed

    The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that Uber's customer terms and conditions requiring them to arbitrate claims against Uber are u...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jan 5
    • 1 min

    NEW COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK LAWS PASSED

    On December 21, Congress passed, and the President later signed, a spending bill that folded in several intellectual property provisions ...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Remote Work Legal Issues

    Technology and changing preferences make remote work possible for a large part of the workforce but before COVID-19 it had not been widel...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Dec 15, 2020
    • 10 min

    Designing M&A Earn-outs to Avoid Disputes After Covid

    COVID-19 is likely to increase the use of earn-outs in M&A transactions. Due to the unpredictability caused by the pandemic, buyers and s...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Confidentiality Obligations Wiped Out by Non-Compete Restrictions

    Most of those aware of California employment law know that non-compete clauses prohibiting employees from working for competitors after ...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Remote Work Legal Implications

    Technological advancements and shifting societal preferences have made remote work programs possible for a significant segment of the wor...
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Rapid Development of Data Privacy Law

    Rapid law changes mean information privacy is something every company must worry about.
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    Children’s Online Privacy Protection

    Coronavirus makes understanding the rules protecting children's privacy in the virtual world much more critical, especially since childre...
    Losing Your Right of First Refusal
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Losing Your Right of First Refusal

    Rejecting any part of the terms offered to fulfill a right-of-first-refusal can terminate the entire right.
    Trade Secret Misappropriation Judgment Reversed
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Trade Secret Misappropriation Judgment Reversed

    Employers cannot restrict a former employee’s ability to compete just because a contract says everything is confidential.
    SEC Expands Definition of Accredited Investor
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    SEC Expands Definition of Accredited Investor

    The SEC adopted an expansion pf the definition of “accredited investor”. It permits a greater number of investors to participate.
    Extending When You Can Sue
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Extending When You Can Sue

    Discovering and understanding fraud is complicated and time consuming. This court used two doctrines to extend the time for plaintiff to sue
    Planning the Future of Information Governance
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Planning the Future of Information Governance

    Accommodating workplace operations for the future raises the question of implications for critical data security and information governance.
    Dealing With Healthcare Services Acquisition Risks
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 7 min

    Dealing With Healthcare Services Acquisition Risks

    Healthcare is a significant portion of the U.S. economy and will be so for the foreseeable future. National health expenditures are expec...
    Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Power
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Power

    The Supreme Court has ruled that the SEC can seek disgorgement as an equitable remedy in cases under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....
    Death Terminates Brokerage Agreement
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Death Terminates Brokerage Agreement

    The owner of three residential properties died after signing an exclusive right-to-sell agreement with a real estate agency. Her estate s...
    Partial Arbitration Award Dangers
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    Partial Arbitration Award Dangers

    There are good reasons for dividing some arbitrations. There are dangers, however. Courts have provided varying results when there is more t
    Brazil Passes National Privacy Law
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Brazil Passes National Privacy Law

    Joining a global trend, Brazil has enacted an omnibus law governing the use of personal data, the LGPD.
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