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Oct 17, 2019
1 min

Mass Retailers must pay OT to commission-only salespeople

Retail salespeople paid on a 100-percent commission basis are entitled to separate additional payments at one and a half times the...

WHY EVERY COMPANY SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT ITS INFORMATION

Paul Peter Nicolai

Oct 14, 2019
4 min

WHY EVERY COMPANY SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT ITS INFORMATION

Information is a company asset. Mismanaging it is like mismanaging inventory. That needs to change.

U.S. Licensed Attorney Required for Foreign Trademark Applicants/Registrants

Paul Peter Nicolai

Oct 12, 2019
1 min

U.S. Licensed Attorney Required for Foreign Trademark Applicants/Registrants

The United States Patent and Trademark Office effected a new rule requiring that foreign applicants and registrants have US counsel.

Binding Employment Policies & Agreements in the Digital Age

Paul Peter Nicolai

Oct 7, 2019
9 min

Binding Employment Policies & Agreements in the Digital Age

Going electronic with employment policies and agreements requires more than just going electronic to make them binding.

DOL Guidance adds Flexibility for Free Internships

Paul Peter Nicolai

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

DOL Guidance adds Flexibility for Free Internships

Recent US DOL guidance opens the door to more flexible internship arrangements.

Paul Peter Nicolai

Jul 9, 2019
1 min

Arbitration is a Contract

Arbitration is a contract. The contract rules what happens in an arbitration, regardless how counterintuitive the result might be.

Paul Peter Nicolai

Jul 9, 2019
2 min

Avoiding Employee Misclassification

Agreeing to classify workers as 1099 means nothing, legally and is an expensive mistake.

Paul Peter Nicolai

Jul 3, 2019
2 min

Retiree Medical Benefits Litigation

Lawsuits over retiree medical benefits are increasing. So far, employers seem to have the upper hand.

Paul Peter Nicolai

Jun 28, 2019
2 min

Protecting Employee Health Information

Employers constantly get employee health information. Most know it is confidential but many do not know what that exactly means.

Non-solicitation Restriction Labelled Improper Restraint

Paul Peter Nicolai

May 31, 2019
2 min

Non-solicitation Restriction Labelled Improper Restraint

A company that provided temporary travel nurses to medical care facilities hired recruiters with an agreement restricting them from...

Normalizing Hemp, CBD & Marijuana Business

Paul Peter Nicolai

May 31, 2019
3 min

Normalizing Hemp, CBD & Marijuana Business

State, national and international law changes are moving to normalize hemp, CBD and marijuana businesses.

Paul Peter Nicolai

May 4, 2019
1 min

PERMANENT NON-COMPETE REALLY IS

A 2005 court-approved settlement agreement permanently enjoined the defendants from hiring anyone previously employed by the plaintiff....

Paul Peter Nicolai

May 2, 2019
6 min

M&A Earnout Thoughts

Earn-out arrangements are often crucial in bridging price expectations between buyer and seller and getting a deal to closing....

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....

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...

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...

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