Speaking with established trial attorney James Urbanic, we explore the statutes that protect whistleblowers in California and the wider United States. He shares his experience in protecting employees from retaliation for complaining of harassment or discrimination in the workplace and offers his insight on how jurors’ attitudes towards whistleblowing have shifted.
Texas-based Data Engine Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research, first sued Mountain View California-based Google in 2014, claiming that its Google Sheets spreadsheet programme infringed patents related to using notebook-style tabs to arrange and display information in three-dimensional electronic spreadsheets. However, under the patents’ definition, Google Sheet does not count as a “three-dimensional spreadsheet”, […]
Flavia Stefura, Senior Associate at MPR Partners, shares the disadvantages of using your own name as a trademark with Lawyer Monthly. There is power in names, or so the saying goes. That is most certainly true in the world of luxury fashion brands. Some of the most renowned fashion houses are named after their founders: […]
As the Delta variant of the covid-19 virus causes infection rates to increase globally, some big businesses, such as Norwegian Cruise Line, have responded by establishing vaccination requirements. This has prompted legal challenges from civil libertarians and vaccine sceptics. Norwegian plans to make its first departure in many months on August 15 from Miami. However, […]
Oatly, which is the world’s largest oat milk company, has been defeated at the High Court by Glebe Farm Foods based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Oatly had accused the family-run business of taking unfair advantage of its trademarks with a gluten-free plant drink called PureOaty. The multi-million-pound brand claimed that the drink’s name, as well as […]
Holgate said the employees were given the watches, which were later valued at $20,000 in total, as a “thank you” gift for their hard work. Holgate rejected suggestions that they were paid for with taxpayers funds. However, the gifts immediately became a political issue. Earlier this year, Holgate told a Senate inquiry that Australia Post’s […]
The term “vaccine passport” has come into common parlance in 2021 as countries gradually immunise their populations against COVID-19. It is also a misnomer; a vaccine passport does not confirm its carrier’s citizenship or identity, though it does affect their ability to travel internationally or even enter certain domestic venues.
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