The Amazon Marketplace is constantly changing and adapting to consumers’ demands. Recently, Amazon announced that it will begin providing identifying information, including name and address, beginning on September 1, 2020, on a seller’s profile page for the United...
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Anonymous Chat Rooms: Are They Really a Safe Space?
With the end of quarantine seemingly nowhere in sight, the release of the musical Hamilton on streaming platforms, was a welcome distraction. As you may know, the Broadway hit begins with Alexander Hamilton arriving in New York to start a new life, with the belief...
CARES Act RMD Rollovers – You Have Six Weeks Left!
In late March of 2020, the CARES Act was enacted in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. This law made a critical change for individuals receiving a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from a defined contribution plan such as an IRA, 401(k) or 403(b) plan......
Corporate Boards & Diversity Demands: the Latest Frontier for Shareholder Lawsuits
Following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, along with the resulting social unrest, there has been a renewed focus on issues of racial diversity, equality and inclusion. In the business world, investors have turned their attention to the...
Estate Planning for Influencers
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok – influencers are using these social media platforms in the approximately $10M influencer industry. By 2022, this industry is expected to rise to approximately $15M. Influencers do not hold traditional jobs or...
Meritas Cybersecurity Whitepaper Features KJK Attorneys Mark Rasch & Brett Krantz
How to Protect Against Cybersecurity Threats in a Work-from-Home Environment When the coronavirus crisis hit, many companies around the world were forced to immediately transition to a remote workforce, a big departure from the previous norm. While about a third of...
No Strikes and You’re Out
How the New NCAA Sexual Violence Policy and Tracy Rule Impact Student Athletes In June 2020, we filed suit against Louisiana State University after it unjustly suspended one of its football players and effectively ended his NFL career before it could even start. As we...
The DATA Act: Proposed Federal Data Privacy Law
On June 18, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown proposed legislation before Congress to create a comprehensive federal data privacy law. The bill, the Data Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) of 2020, would be among the only comprehensive federal laws relating to data...
Five Lessons About Cybersecurity & COVID-19
Without belaboring the point, there are many similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity. We can take lessons from the response to the COVID pandemic and apply them to cybersecurity. 1. We Know It Is Coming For decades, public health planners have...
Title IX: Great Regulations, Bad Timing!
People fighting for greater fairness and due process in campus Title IX proceedings have waited nearly two years for the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to issue formal Title IX regulations. At long last, on May 5, 2020, the regulations...