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Why is it Important to Copyright Your Music?

If you’re a musician, you know that you invest a lot of time, effort, and passion into every piece. There’s a good chance, after all that work, that you would like to protect your projects. Filing a music copyright will help with this goal. If you copyright your music, you’re essentially protecting your government-given rights surrounding your intellectual property (your...Read More

How to Manage Your Business Through a Legal Emergency

At some time, every business will suffer some kind of crisis or emergency. The nature of potential emergencies is as varied as the nature of businesses. A crisis can disrupt your business’ operations, threaten to harm people, damage your reputation, and negatively impact your finances. You are likely already aware of many of the things that can go wrong and you, hopefully, already have...Read More

How California’s Consumer Protection Laws Could Make the State a Hotspot for COVID-19 Lawsuits

Only a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 class action lawsuits, all related to the pandemic, have already been filed in California because the state is a particularly hospitable venue for consumer class action lawsuits. Why California? Specifically, the state’s newly passed, plaintiff-friendly, cybersecurity law, as well as the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL),...Read More

What California Car Dealers Need to Know About the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (“CLRA”)

California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act (“CLRA”) has protected consumers since 1970, especially consumers who may not be especially savvy. You may know the law better by its colloquial name—the Lemon Law—and you may also know that it is used most often against used car dealers. Written Notice & Attorney’s Fees To file a successful claim under the CLRA, the consumer is required...Read More

Here’s Why the FDA is Rushing on COVID Test Kits

The need for urgent solutions to the global COVID-19 pandemic has led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed the arrival of several diagnostic tests for the virus to the market. While it typically takes several months before the FDA will allow a medical device or test to be sold in the United States, there are times when an urgent need for a product overwhelms the need for a slow and...Read More

What Every Company Doing Business in California Needs to Know about CCPA

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into effect. Passed in 2018, it has been deemed the country’s toughest legislation on consumer online privacy with expectations that other states may follow with similar legislation. Here are the basics of what every company doing business in California needs to know. But, full disclosure, this law is complex and...Read More