Top 10 in Law Blogs: Drones, Netflix, and Trade Secrets.
August 3, 2016
Here is Wednesday’s Top 10 in Law Blogs, but before we do that, lets look at the past. On August 3rd, 1882, the United States congress enacted the first comprehensive immigration law setting the basic course for immigration, also known as the Immigration Act of 1882, soon to follow would be Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
- If the Law is Careful, Rural Healthcare Could See a Complete Overhaul – LexBlog’s Zosha Millman dives into how drones are could be changing the healthcare landscape after the White House announced it had asked a company called Zipline if could deliver medicine and blood to three U.S. states.
- About That Trade Secret Leak: It’s From Inside The Business! – California’s Peculiarities Employment Law Blog says the data suggests employees and not outsiders pose the greatest threat of loss from trade secret theft, which is a topic that is becoming more frequent, as we just recently saw with a Houston Astros employee.
- EU Data Transfers to the U.S.: Considering Your Options after Privacy Shield – Brexit! Eduardo Ustaran of Hogan Lovells Global Media and Communications Watch breaks down high level analysis if the EU cross border transfer options for companies.
- 5 Key Points When Purchasing Software – Albert Carrion of Husch Blackwell lists his 5 keys points when purchasing software and warns companies of “falling into the familiar trap of immediately signing pre-printed or online “form’ license agreements designed to protect the vendor not the purchaser. Some of these “form” agreements are no”
- Three Scotia Dealers Reach No-Contest Settlement with OSC – The Risk Management & Crisis Response blog reviews the settlement agreement between the Ontario Securities Commission and three Bank of Nova Scotia dealers in connection with fee overcharges.
- The Fight Against State and Local Marijuana Taxes – Featured once again, the Canna Law Blog says the cannabis industry is finding out the hard way on how to deal with state and local marijuana taxes.
- Are you a criminal because you share your Netflix password? – Jason Gerken of the Technology Law Source answers the question we are all wondering but don’t necessarily want to find out.
- Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATs) – Greenberg Traurig’s Legacy Advisors lists the potential benefits of Spousal Lifetimes Access Trusts, “For married individuals who want to make lifetime gifts to their descendants but have concerns about permanently giving away a large part of their estate and their ability to maintain their current lifestyle, a SLAT may be the solution
- BC Court Refuses to Certify Smart Meter Radio Emissions Class Action – Canadian Class Action Defence blog reviews a unique case where “the plaintiffs asserted that the radiofrequency (RF) emissions from smart meters caused biological harm and claimed that legislation making smart meters mandatory infringed the Charter of Rights.”
- Refining Reversal Rates: Unanimous Reversals in Civil Cases, 2005-2009 – The Illinois Supreme Court Review continues their analysis of refining reversal rates.
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