5 Solutions to Common Legal Risks for Small Businesses

This is a guest post by Keri Norris, SVP of Legal and Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel for LegalShield, a legal services provider offering coverage plans and memberships to individuals and businesses. It was originally featured on smith.ai.

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Mary Juetten Talks with Tom Martin on LawDroid Podcast

thomas-le-570066-unsplashNo stranger to podcasts herself, our own Mary Juetten sat down with Lawdroid Founder and CEO for a wide-ranging interview. The conversation touched on her life, career and education before legal tech and the lessons and influences she took from each and the path that brought her to the law and legal tech. They also discuss the founding of Traklight and the growth of legal tech since its founding, the “accidental business” of Evolve Law and its unexpected growth and unintended benefits, her work as a lawyer for Nimbus Legal and Juetten Law, juggling different ventures, legal education, plans for the future, and so much more.

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USCO Creates Copyright Exemptions for Repairing Devices

fancycrave-530798-unsplashMuch of what we consider when thinking of copyright concerns centers around how we interact with works created by others: is something being misappropriated or misused by someone else who doesn’t have the authority to do so, or simply taken without compensation in the case of piracy? Left unconsidered is the copyright questions that exist within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) surrounding things bought and paid for by consumers, and what rights they have to alter those products after paying for them.

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Trademark Lawsuit Sees Scouts at Odds

daan-weijers-668960-unsplashFor those who follow the news, the rise in dissent and argument in public discourse is inexorably linked to the growing split between two bodies, once united in a common goal but now more divided than they’ve ever been. Heated rhetoric flies back and forth between the two parties and their designated representatives, with lines drawn in the sand and allegiances publicly declared. Neutral onlookers and the nation as a whole are left to wonder if there is any way to save the union and the higher ideals it is meant to represent.

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Nimbus Of Counsel Mary Juetten on the Lawyerist Podcast

claus-grunstaudl-147900-unsplashNimbus Of Counsel Mary Juetten recently sat down with Sam Glover and Aaron Street to record an episode of the Lawyerist podcast. In the episode, Mary discussed year-end finances and data-driven processes in the law firm. Here are some of the highlights of her conversation:

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EU Cheese Copyright Case Probes the Idea of Taste

katrin-leinfellner-571533-unsplashDig hard enough, and you can find curious cases of copyright dispute around the world pertaining to things that you might never have guessed would be subject to a copyright claim. It seems that if there’s a product or creation or invention worth protecting, people will take whatever steps necessary to try and protect it, even as it launches us into new and unexplored avenues of intellectual property that would seem more at place on the Food Network than in a courtroom.

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Protect Your IP in 2019

chris-gilbert-659040-unsplashThe new year is an opportunity for a fresh start in our personal and professional lives. But many still fail to tackle the intellectual property issues that their business could potentially have to deal with, resolutions or not. While you should be managing your IP from its inception, it’s better to start late than never; here are some tips on identifying and protecting your IP for 2019.

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