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    PRIVACY COMES TO THE U.S. CALIFORNIA’S NEW DATA PRIVACY LAW.
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Apr 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    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. Instead...
    ACTUAL COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SUIT
    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 abl...
    ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SIGNING COMPLIANCE
    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 documen...
    ELIMINATING LIABILITY FOR LOST PROFITS
    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 anot...
    LLC MEMBER FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS
    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 th...
    California Joins ABC Test
    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 ol...
    Personal Liability for LLC Actions
    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 vic...
    IRS Statute of Limitations
    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 overa...
    Trademark in Commerce Requirement
    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...
    Brand Protection on the Internet
    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...
    Understanding the Benefit Corporation
    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 th...
    IP in 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 int...
    Merger Due Diligence for Cyber Risks
    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 acquiri...
    Commercial Biometric Data Regulation
    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 me...
    Modifying Online Contract Terms
    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 rou...
    Electronic Signatures Internationally
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jan 1, 2017
    • 4 min

    Electronic Signatures Internationally

    Worldwide businesses are digitizing business processes to enable global e-commerce and delivery of digital services. Part of this is adop...
    Recent Press Releases
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Dec 30, 2016
    • 1 min

    Recent Press Releases

    Nicolai Law Group Listed in BEST LAWYERS Startup Liability Landscape Subject of Nicolai CPE Nicolai Speaks at DPU hearing Nicolai Partici...
    409A Compliance Traps
    Paul Peter Nicolai
    • Jun 1, 2016
    • 6 min

    409A Compliance Traps

    Two sections of the Internal Revenue Code continue to challenge companies in creating compensation arrangements. They are Section 409A (“...
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