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 | Who Owns a LinkedIn Account? An Update to Eagle v. Edcomm, Inc. Christophe R. Difo; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2013, previously published on March 20, 2013 In October 2012, we told you about the case of Eagle v. Edcomm, Inc. pertaining to whether an employee’s LinkedIn account belongs to the employee (Linda Eagle) or to her employer (Edcomm). At that time, the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania dismissed Ms....
|  | California Energy Commission Sets Schedule for Non-Residential Building Energy Use Disclosures Brandon E. Barker; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 2013 Updated regulations adopted by the California Energy Commission (CEC) on December 12, 2012 will require owners and operators of non-residential buildings to disclose certain building energy performance data to a prospective buyer, lessee of the entire building, or lender that would finance the...
|  | Cloud Computing with Export-Controlled Data Jonathan T. Cain; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 12, 2013 Security and privacy are the most frequently expressed concerns about cloud computing (defined for this article to include software as a service, platform as a service and storage as a service), but for companies that engage in research, design, development, manufacturing and servicing of items...
|  | Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Retailers May Be Sued for Wrongful Use of Customer Zip Codes Recorded During Credit Card Sales Cynthia J. Larose, A. W. "Chip" Phinney; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 “May I have your zip code?” is an all-too-familiar question that may be going the way of the dinosaur in Massachusetts. Many retailers commonly ask customers for their zip codes when processing credit card transactions at, for example, a store check-out or a self-serve gas station. A...
|  | Discrimination against the Unemployed Now Prohibited in New York City Michael S. Arnold; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 New York City employers beware: The New York City Council has once again acted to expand the nation’s broadest anti-discrimination law - this time to prohibit discrimination against New York City’s unemployed. The law will go into effect on June 11, 2013. While several other...
|  | Are Dr. Dre’s Claims of Likelihood of Confusion and Dilution Enough to “Beat” His Opponents? Susan Neuberger Weller; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 Rapper Dr. Dre and the company he co-founded, Beats Electronics, LLC, are on the offensive at the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board challenging a multitude of third-party applications for marks which consist of or contain the word “Beat”. The company owns a number of trademark...
|  | IRS Ruling Treats Certain 529 Account Incentive Payments as Reportable Income Leonard Weiser-Varon; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 15, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 The IRS recently issued a private letter ruling, PLR 201310043 (released on March 8, 2013), of interest to Section 529 plans and their program managers. The ruling relates to the tax treatment of incentive contributions to 529 accounts and was issued in response to a ruling request by a financial...
|  | FTC Staff Report Shines a Light on the Treacherous Road Ahead for Mobile Payments Jake Romero; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 Perhaps we are being cynical, but if we imagine the current conversation between consumers and the makers of mobile payment applications, it would be something along the lines of:
|  | How Does the Sequester Affect Energy Programs? Bryan Stockton; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky Popeo P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 On Friday evening, President Obama formally notified the Office of Management and Budget to initiate the sequester, as both sides were unable and/or unwilling to reach an agreement on a plan to avert the automatic across-the-board spending cuts. The sequester affects several notable energy...
|  | Energy and Environment Update Jordan Collins, David Leiter, Neal Martin, Bryan Stockton; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky Popeo P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 This week Congress rejected both Democratic and Republican proposals to avert the so-called budget sequestration cuts that took effect March 1. The Senate failed on a procedural vote (51-49) to pass a Democratic package (S. 388) to delay the sequester with a combination of spending cuts, a surtax...
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