Posts by ADLI Law Group
Your Start-Up Will Stall If It Doesn’t Own Its IP
As I’ve emphasized in other writings, the single most important asset of any business is its intellectual property (“IP”). Sure, good management is very important, but executives and other managers can (and do) come and go. A start-up’s IP, like a diamond, should be forever (or at least until it’s sold or tra nsferred). Among…
Read MoreThe Dueling Banjos: Two Recent Supreme Court Solos Echo Through California Employment Law
The courts in the United States often zig and zag in different ways, as some judges lean one way or another. The result is like dueling banjos, with melodies resonating for years as employment lawyers in Los Angeles pick up their own instruments to mimic the rhythm to their own case. Two employment law “solos”…
Read MoreAre Independent Contractors Employees?
Whether a worker is categorized as an “employee” or an “independent contractor” has far-reaching implications. Among other things, a business must comply with numerous state and federal statues and regulations governing wages, hours, and working conditions when it comes to employees, but do not face such requirements for independent contractors. This often results in an…
Read MoreRetention of Clients After Law Firm Breakup
When a couple breaks up, they face the daunting task of dividing up their mutual assets. When a law firm breaks up, the division of tangible assets is relatively more straightforward, but who gets the profits from matters still pending? The Supreme Court of California weighed in on that question in a March 3, 2018…
Read MoreAre Colleges Obligated to Protect Their Students from Harm?
Does a college or university owe a special duty of care to protect its students from each other? It’s possible that they do, according to a recent opinion coming from the Supreme Court of California in Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Katherine Rosen). In its opinion, the…
Read MoreToo Late For an Anti-SLAPP?
Alyssa Dillard’s article, “Too late for an anti-SLAPP?” published in the January 2019 issue of Plaintiff’s Magazine discusses the limiting language of the popular statute, including a review of recent case law limiting the usage of the anti-SLAPP provision when utilized in amended complaints. To read the article, click here.
Read MoreAmazon patents blur human-robot lines
Amazon’s recent success in obtaining two U.S. patents (9,881,276 and 9,881,277) for wristbands, capable of controlling employees’ hands and directing their actions, has raised fundamental legal and even constitutional questions about government authority to authorize and enforce inventions. Thus, potentially redefining the relationship between humans and technology by effectively treating people as robots. The looming…
Read MoreChild Custody – Does the Child Get a Say?
Child Custody is one of the most important issues to be decided in a martial dissolution case. Indeed, parents going through divorce may end up spending tens of thousands of dollars and countless sleepless nights fighting over child custody and visitation. The issue of child custody has two components: (1) legal custody, and (2) physical…
Read MoreAlways Use Protection! – Submitting Your Ideas Without Getting Ripped Off
Just about everyone at one time or another has come up with an idea for a movie, TV show, product or service. They’ve seen or are aware of how much money can be made in such endeavors, figure their ideas are as good as anyone else’s, if not better, and decide to take a shot…
Read MoreSomething to Learn From Carrie Fisher
My oldest and closest friend likes to say: “Our time on Earth is the vacation, so we better enjoy all of it. When we die, we go back to work.” Yes, he’s a little twisted, but I think he’s spot-on. We too soon lost so many of talent’s royalty in 2016 – a Princess (Leia–…
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