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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) publishes a guidebook for businesses with general information on the laws and regulations enforced by the the DOL. The guidebook describes the statutes most commonly applicable to employers and explains how to obtai …
There are several steps you should take to preserve your company’s trade secrets when an employee decides to leave the company. All departing employees should be asked to participate in an exit interview to learn about the employees plans after depar …
For you to follow developments in Intellectual Property law and business, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about “IP, Copyright, Trademark, and Advertising” from sources across the Web. This link will t …
For you to follow developments in art, gallery, auction and museum law and business news, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about the art industry from sources across the Web. This link will take you dir …
For you to follow developments in Fashion Law and Business News, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about the fashion and apparel industry from sources across the Web. This link will take you directly t …
Celebrities have long registered trademarks for their names. Now, college football coaches are getting into the trademark game, too. USC football coach Steve Sarkisian has registered a trademark for “Sark” and “Coach Sark” for clothing and an online …
There’s no such thing as “just a text” anymore. Just as this quick and easy means of communication has made its way into most of our personal lives, it has also become an everyday tool in workplace communications. This raises some issues worth consid …
It’s difficult to imagine launching a marketing campaign in any business, let alone in the fashion industry, without using social media. These tools can introduce more would-be customers to your product and do it faster than ever imaginable, and they …
Robert Frisby, an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, discussed the FTC Rules on textile labeling and advertising at TEXWORLD USA 2014, last month. His remarks include disclosure requirements regarding fiber content and country-of-origin, as w …
August 15, 2014 – Texworld USA 2014 organizers have posted videos of the various panel discussions and presentations held during Texworld USA 2014 last month. Follow this link to watch: THE WHAT WHERE AND HOW OF GARMENT PRODUCTION – moderated by Dina D …
August 7, 2014 – Judge Loretta A. Preska of the Southern District of New York upheld a magistrate’s ruling ordering Microsoft Corp. to hand over to federal prosecutors electronic data they are seeking in a narcotics case, and that is stored by Micros …
August 2, 2014 – A New York federal judge has found Dimitrio Tsirkos, a former Mister Softee franchisee, in contempt for failing to comply with a June order barring him from using decals on his trucks that are “confusingly similar” to Mister Softee’s t …
