On August 7th at 12:48pm, Elon Musk tweets: “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.” Tesla is the highest valued car company in the U.S. If the tweet is true, this would be one of the largest privatizations [...]
William S. Galkin, Esq.
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Even on the surface, this is a remarkable case, just decided at the end of June. Davidson v The United States (U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 13-942C, 6/29/18)
The Facts:
A sculptor is hired to create a Statue of Liberty [...]
High tech leaders traditionally vigorously lobby for limited government regulation of technology and instead promote the benefits of self-regulation.
However, in an unusual turn of events, Microsoft president Brad Smith wrote a [...]
When evaluating a client’s new business venture, one of the first things a lawyer will do is consider the risk profile. If there is a high probability of being sued, then the cost of defending those suits needs to be included in [...]
I don’t like obscenities, and I don’t speak obscenities, but the right to use obscenities hits on a fundamental right that Americans hold dear.
As background, first came the US Supreme Court decision in June 2017 in Matal v. Tam [...]
WHOIS is lining up to be the first victim of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It may soon be no more.
The Internet Corporation for the Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the international non-profit organization [...]
It’s black letter U.S. copyright law that an assignment of copyright must be in writing. Section 204(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “a transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless [...]
It is important to be aware of how easy it is to unintentionally create a binding contract when communicating by email.
Email communications are the most common form of business communication. A large and critical portion of [...]
If you are a vendor of software, online (SaaS) services, content of any kind, or anything else that can be the subject of an intellectual property infringement claim, then sooner or later (probably sooner), your customers will [...]
Social media is ubiquitous. Perhaps this is an understatement. Social media provides a powerful platform to express personal, political and, yes, commercial messages. So, if you are not seriously leveraging social media to market [...]
