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Adjustments Made to NCAA Draft Eligibility Rules for Basketball Players

NCAA Draft Eligibility Rules Changed The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently adjusted its rules on declaring for the NBA draft. At times college basketball players attempting to determine their likelihood of being drafted may have felt stymied by NCAA eligibility rules. Previous association rules placed an April limit on players’ ability to remove their names […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 28, 2016

Top 5 Legal Mistakes Start-Ups Make

What Are the Top Legal Mistakes Start-Ups Make? (And How to Avoid Them) Getting a start-up off the ground can be an arduous task. From securing financing to hiring employees, there are many traps for the unwary. This post summarizes some of top legal mistakes start-ups make and offers advice for how to avoid them. […]

Author: Dan Brecher

January 27, 2016

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Meeting with Sports Agents & Timing a Draft Declaration

When should you begin meeting with sports agents? The college football regular season is entering its final stages, and with the end of the season so close, some players may be thinking about the next NFL draft. When is it OK to declare for the draft? Once the CFB season ends, players can begin speaking […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 27, 2016

BioNitrogen Holdings Corp files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

BioNitrogen Holdings Corp files Chapter 11 On Nov. 3, the renowned clean-tech fertilizer firm BioNitrogen Holdings Corp announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company cited its $3.5 million in debt liabilities and a recent lawsuit against it as the primary reasons it sought bankruptcy […]

Author: Joel R. Glucksman

January 26, 2016

ERISA Does Not Take Precedence Over State Law to Allow Discretionary Clauses

State Law & Discretionary Clauses The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear a case that involved Mary C. Fontaine, a retired equity partner from Mayer Brown LLP, who accused Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of wrongfully denying her disability benefits. According to a Bloomberg BNA report, the court ruled that Employee Retirement Income Security […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 26, 2016

Amendments Made To NYC Human Rights Law

In December, the New York City Council amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to include “caregiver status” as a protected class. The amendment is scheduled to take effect in April. Under the amendment to the NYCHRL adopted by the City Council, New York City employers will be prohibited from taking an adverse […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 25, 2016

Transformative Social Media & Copyright Law

What makes for transformative social media? An iconic photo is at the center of a potential shift in the relationship between what is considered transformative social media and a violation of copyright law. Social media is a complex topic in terms of copyrights. Text, videos, photos and other copyrighted materials are often posted on Facebook […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 22, 2016

Monkey Prohibited Copyright In A “Selfie”

A federal judge in California recently delivered some bad news to a macaque named Naruto. Hon. William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California tentatively ruled that the animal is not entitled to a copyright in a “selfie” photograph she took after absconding with the camera of British photographer […]

Author: Fred D. Zemel

January 22, 2016

Freedom Communications Inc files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Freedom Communications Inc files Chapter 11 On Oct. 31, major newspaper publisher Freedom Communications Inc., which is the owner of the Orange County Register, announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, the company will be sold to a management group comprised of investors from Freedom Communications […]

Author: Joel R. Glucksman

January 21, 2016

The First Successful Cyber Attack on an Electrical Grid

Experts have long warned about the exposure of industrial control systems to cyber attack. These systems, like those used in our electrical grid, usually are not regularly updated. Their failure would cause significant social disruption. They are the soft underbelly of our modern world. For example, Stuxnet exploited a Siemens industrial controller not designed to […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 20, 2016

The Rules on Residual Payments

Taking a look at residual payments Stars of television shows often receive continued payments once their roles have ended and the sets have been shuttered, if reruns of the program continue airing. Inevitably, all great runs of programming have to come to an end. However, these television shows often end up replayed over again nightly […]

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

January 20, 2016

RCS Capital files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

RCS Capital files Chapter 11 RCS Capital, one of the biggest investment firms in the world, recently announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to a Wealth Management report, the firm has entered into a prearranged debt refinancing agreement with its lenders to receive a $150 million cash infusion into its […]

Author: Joel R. Glucksman

January 19, 2016

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