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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Online Accounts and Estate Planning
There are many factors to consider when planning your estate in the event of your incapacitation or death. While discussions regarding traditional assets are crucial in the planning process, other factors should also be taken into consideration, such as plans for...
Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Signed into Law by President Biden
The VAWA has Serious Implications for College Campuses On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (the “VAWA”) into law. The VAWA, considered to be the most significant campus sexual assault legislation in a...
The Ongoing Battle Between Musk and the SEC Heats Up Again
Elon Musk's Tumultuous History With the SEC Tesla’s colorful CEO, Elon Musk, has a history of feuding with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and it looks like the fight isn’t over. In 2018, the SEC investigated Musk for securities fraud after he tweeted...
FAIR Act: U.S. House Passes Bill Eliminating Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
U.S. House Passes the FAIR Act On March 17, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act), which prohibits all pre-dispute mandatory arbitration provisions in certain contexts, including in class...
Special Considerations for Divorces Involving Middle-Aged and Older Americans — Part One
Part 1: Spousal Support, Access to Health Insurance and Adult Children In recent years, the growth in the divorce rate among middle-aged and older American couples has been an interesting trend that many researchers have been monitoring. Notably, studies, reports and...
Intellectual Property in the Metaverse
Goods and Services in the Metaverse Recent news articles are replete with references to the proliferation of trademark applications filed with the USPTO by various enterprises and high-profile personalities to register trademarks relevant to the sale of goods and...
SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies
The SEC's Rule Proposals Aim to Assist Investors On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules “to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by...
Several Shades of Ignorance: Supreme Court Excuses Inadvertent Mistakes of Fact and of Law in Copyright Registrations
With its recent decision in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (2022) the U.S. Supreme Court has confirmed that errors in copyright applications will not invalidate a copyright registration whether such errors involve mistakes as to facts or as to...
The Kanye West v. Kim Kardashian West Divorce Saga Leads to Real-World Lessons
Lessons and Takeaways From the Kanye v. Kim Divorce Saga If you’ve been monitoring the news in the past few weeks, you’ve likely encountered at least one headline—even if just for a clickbait article—about recording artist Kanye West’s recent flurry of social media...