Just How Enforceable Are Online Terms? What You Need To Know
We have all, at some point while online, clicked on the “I Accept” button without giving it a second thought. Whether creating a social media account, signing up a
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Ping® January 2022 – Reminder To Review Your Contracts
By David Adler
Review Your Contracts Every Year.
One of the most important tools to protect your business – your ideas (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information), customer relationships and talent pool – is your written contract. Your contract is the…
Ping® December 2021 – Data Protection & Copyright Law
By David Adler
Globally, non-profits, NGOs, and environmental advocacy organizations are expanding scientific data collection while combining this data with data from third parties. Data scientists increasingly find themselves applying creative thought the the selection of tools and instruments, calibration of those instruments,…
Ping® Webinar: 5 Things Every Design Contract Needs
By David Adler
I want to give a big thanks to Houzz PRO for hosting this webinar.
This program covered:
–The five key problem areas in design contracts
–What the key terms of a contract should be, why they are there and when…
Ping® October 2021 Changes Coming to Non-Compete Agreements in Illinois
By David Adler
Scope
The law goes into effect January 1, 2022 and amends the Freedom to Work Act (the Act), which restricts the use of non-compete agreements for low wage workers. For the first time, Illinois will have statutory requirements for mandatory review…
Venture Capital Weekly Headlines – Ping®
By David Adler
Venture CapitalWeekly update ⋅
Chapel Hill’s TrueBridge Capital closes $170M fund, will focus investments in other VC firms …
CHAPEL HILL – Venture capital firm TrueBridge Capital Partners has closed its first venture capital fund-of-funds that will…
Ping® – Arts, Entertainment, Media and Advertising Law News – Protecting Furniture Design Keeps Getting Harder
By David Adler
Herman Miller, Inc. – a leading furniture brand and purveyor of the iconic Eames Chair Design – suffered a loss at US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in its bid to protect as “trade dress” the design of the…
Ping® – Arts, Entertainment, Media & Advertising Law News – “Five Rs” To Remember
By David Adler
“Five Rs” To Remember When Letting Employees Go
It is inevitable in almost every business. You will need to let an employee go. Whether it’s a seasoned designer coming with plug-and-play experience or a fresh face just out of design…
Ping® – Arts, Entertainment, Media & Advertising Law News
By David Adler
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee: The Gold Standard for Trademark Protection. By Kelli Ovies August 3, 2021
The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act is a United States law (codified at 36 U.S.C. Sec. 220501 et seq. of…
Tell Us How We’re Doing
By David Adler
The motivation to create Ping® stems from my experiences running the Entrepreneurial & Start-up Ventures Committee, and the Media, Arts & Entertainment Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, participation in Illinois State Bar Association committees, and public speaking engagements on…