by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 24, 2011 | Business Formation & Sales Law Blog
Employers should take notice of the poster that small New Jersey employers are required to display as mandated in the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA).Under the CEPA, employers with ten or more employees must distribute notice of the CEPA law...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 24, 2011 | Business Formation & Sales Law Blog
One of the few ways to undermine the choice of law provision in your contract is to cite the wrong state’s law when you are trying to enforce it. That can be construed as a waiver of the choice of law.A good example of this was a recent decision by the United States...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 24, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
Can a company that has an office in New York sue an Arizona company in the New York Courts solely on the basis that the Arizona company allegedly infringed upon the New York company’s copyright?In a recent decision, the Court of Appeals of New York considered this...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 19, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
For the first time in almost sixty years, patent law is receiving a major update.On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”), providing the most significant change to patent law since the Patent Act of 1952. The Act...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 19, 2011 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently approved “.xxx” as the new internet domain name extension for the adult entertainment industry. The ICANN is a non-profit corporation responsible for managing, maintaining and assigning...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 19, 2011 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
With the rapid increase in consumption of online videos, the adult entertainment industry has struggled to combat online video piracy. Consumers’ easy access to free short clips – most notably, those posted on the “Tube” sites — has hurt the adult...