Paul Peter Nicolai
PRIVACY COMES TO THE U.S. CALIFORNIA’S NEW DATA PRIVACY LAW.
This past November, Californians were going to vote on a sweeping data privacy ballot initiative. It never made it to the ballot....
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Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 22, 2019
- 1 min
ACTUAL COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SUIT
In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that an actual copyright registration from the US copyright office is required to be...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SIGNING COMPLIANCE
Face it. Printing, signing and scanning documents into PDFs is tedious and passé. Because physical closings are now rare, getting...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
ELIMINATING LIABILITY FOR LOST PROFITS
Many contracts try to eliminate liability for lost profits if something goes wrong. Saying it is one thing, doing it successfully is...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
LLC MEMBER FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS
Two former members of a limited liability company were sued by it for breach of fiduciary duty. They moved to dismiss the case because...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 4, 2019
- 1 min
California Joins ABC Test
California's Supreme Court has ruled that the standard for classifying employees or independent contractors should be changed from the...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Feb 1, 2019
- 7 min
Personal Liability for LLC Actions
Like a corporation, a limited liability company (LLC) is liable for its obligations to others. No other person, as owner or agent, is...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jan 7, 2019
- 6 min
Changing LLC Dissolution Landscape
The law on the creation, operation and duration of limited liability companies (LLC) has been changing over the years. Originally, LLCs...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jan 1, 2019
- 7 min
IRS Statute of Limitations
How long the IRS has to audit and assess taxes is an important – and complicated – question. The IRS Typically Has Three Years. The...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Oct 1, 2017
- 7 min
Trademark in Commerce Requirement
Being able to register and maintain a trademark with the United States Patent & Trademark Office generally means that you must be able to...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Sep 1, 2017
- 10 min
Brand Protection on the Internet
Brand protection in the internet wage
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Sep 1, 2017
- 10 min
Brand Protection on the Internet
Today, trademarks and domain names are interconnected. A web presence is a natural extension of brick-and-mortar business branding. A web...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 1, 2017
- 6 min
Understanding the Benefit Corporation
Under prevailing corporate law, the corporation has only one legitimate purpose—maximizing stockholder welfare. This prevailing law is...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 1, 2017
- 6 min
Understanding the Benefit Corporation
Benefit Corporations modify general corporation law by allowing purposes other than maximizing stockholder welfare.
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 7, 2017
- 13 min
IP in Project Financing
Locking in intellectual property (IP) assets in infrastructure projects are is critical to project financing.
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 7, 2017
- 13 min
IP in Project Financing
Power plants, manufacturing and logistics facilities, and other infrastructure projects are not typically seen as operations in which...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4 min
Merger Due Diligence for Cyber Risks
Those who have lived through mergers understand they are an intensive period of highly focused and compressed effort for both the...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4 min
Merger Due Diligence for Cyber Risks
Those who have lived through mergers understand they are an intensive period of highly focused and compressed effort for both the...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Mar 1, 2017
- 11 min
Commercial Biometric Data Regulation
Biometric identification systems are rapidly increasing in use advances in sensors, readers and software make physical features easily...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Feb 1, 2017
- 8 min
Modifying Online Contract Terms
Every time you visit a website, use a social media account or buy a pair of shoes, you bind yourself to online contract terms. Courts...
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