Monday, November 6, 2017
By Lori Beam Autumn brings falling leaves and falling temperatures, but this year it also brought the chilling news of a clampdown on social media endorsement practices. This September, just as fall advertising campaigns were kicking off, the FTC: • Settled the first of its kind action targeting two individual social media influencers who failed […]
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Seigfreid Bingham is proud to recognize eight attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 edition. Gordon Gee, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities Greg Gerstner, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction Mark Gilgus, Corporate Law, Tax Law Mark Thompson, Health Care Law Joe Hiersteiner, Corporate Law and Health Care Law John Vering, Employment Law, Litigation – […]
Monday, October 2, 2017
October 1, 2017 Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham is proud to announce three new shareholders of the firm. John Fuchs, corporate attorney, joined firm in 2012 after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law. His practice encompasses technology, data, and privacy, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, among others, in the Equipment Dealer, Health Care, […]
Monday, September 25, 2017
By Lori Beam The so-called Monkey Selfie case, just settled in mid-September, shows just how careful you need to be with getting appearance releases The monkey in question was a macaque in Indonesia who took a grinning selfie using wildlife photographer David Slater’s camera. Wikipedia Commons made the photo public domain, distributed it free, and […]
Monday, July 17, 2017
Class is dismissed, but there’s no vacation from consumers bringing class action lawsuits alleging violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Because class actions, by definition, must be brought on behalf of a sufficiently large number of similarly situated individuals making individual lawsuits impractical, the potential liability is huge. Under the TCPA, a […]
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
As indicated in my June 6 blog post, the private right of action under Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) was scheduled to take effect July 1, 2017. But on June 7, the Canadian government announced it is suspending that private right to bring suit. The suspension continues indefinitely while a parliamentary committee reviews the legislation. The […]
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) is important for all marketers, not just Canucks. Its consent-first framework for email, SMS/texts and other commercial electronic messages (CEMs) took effect July 1, 2014. It applies to anyone sending CEMs to recipients living in or traveling through Canada or whose message travels through a server or system in Canada. And, […]
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE PASSES EMPLOYER FRIENDLY REFORMS TO MISSOURI EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION LAWS On May 8, 2017, lawmakers passed sweeping changes to Missouri’s employment discrimination and retaliation laws. Almost all of these changes are employer-friendly, most notably amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”), the state’s primary anti-discrimination statutes. Among other things, these amendments […]
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Kansas City – Julie Parisi, associate attorney, was elected to the 2017-18 Lawyers Association of Kansas City – Young Lawyers Section Board of Directors. The Young Lawyers Section of LAKC is comprised of members under 35 or who have graduated from law school within the past five years and maintain “service of public interest by advancing […]
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Done right, loyalty programs are a great way to incentivize repeat customers and attract new ones. Here are some legal tips for operating loyalty programs that generate sales, not litigation: Always keep in mind you are entering into a legal contract with each customer who participates. Depending on your company’s size, that means loyalty program […]