When certain businesses become legal for the first time, there can be difficulties with legality and intellectual property. Take for instance the current aim to legalize marijuana sales within the United States. In some states, it's only legal as medical marijuana,...
Month: November 2015
Protecting rights in an evolving intellectual property universe
If you're the owner of intellectual property rights in a musical product (a song, perhaps, which you wrote or produced), it shouldn't be that hard to get your fair share of the royalties generated by that product, right? Actually, that can be just about as difficult...
Three New California Laws Affecting Trucking Companies, Part 3: AB 621
AB 621 (Amnesty for Converting Independent Contractor Drayage Drivers to Employees) AB 621 establishes a new section of the Labor Code that allows a motor carrier performing drayage services to be relieved of liability for statutory or civil penalties associated with...
Three New California Laws Affecting Trucking Companies, Part 2: SB 588
Senate Bill 588 (Labor Commissioner's Enforcement of Judgments) SB 588 establishes new procedures for the Labor Commissioner to enforce judgments against employers who fail to satisfy a final judgment against them for nonpayment of wages and also in certain cases...
Three New California Laws Affecting Trucking Companies, Part 1: AB 1513
Assembly Bill 1513 (Hourly Pay for Rest and Recovery Periods for Piece-Rate Workers) Over the last few years several courts have found that California's minimum wage law applies to the "non-productive" time spent by employees who are paid on a piece rate basis. For...
The singular and complex realm of construction law and litigation
It is small wonder that construction law issues potentially and actually faced by property owners, developers, general contractors and other parties centrally involved in construction projects across Southern California are many and complex. After all, just consider...
Trademark laws apply to everyone, even Taylor Swift
A celebrity doesn't get much bigger than country/pop music star Taylor Swift. She is not simply a singer; she is a brand, a business with so much money and power that it might seem daunting for another business to challenge her in any sort of business...
