Wednesday, April 4, 2018
By Lori Beam When you think about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you probably picture wheelchair ramps, handicap parking spaces, and braille writing on ATMs making places of public accommodations accessible to people with disabilities. The ADA’s protections no longer apply only to physical accommodations. Although the internet did not exist when the ADA […]
Thursday, March 8, 2018
By Lori Beam Before launching your new company or product, you should conduct a thorough trademark search and choose a name available for use. What you should not do is wing it and expect only the lighthearted enforcement Modist Brewery Company received from Anheuser-Busch InBev when the small Minneapolis brewery launched its Dilly Dilly Mosaic […]
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
By Lori Beam After its latest move to claim use of customers’ social media images, some are wondering if Delta Airlines should change its slogan from “Keep climbing” to “Keep overreaching”. In December Delta Airlines made a major update to its SkyMiles terms and conditions. A new section now claims that if you use the […]
Monday, January 8, 2018
By John Vering and John Neyens Expect more sexual harassment claims. In light of the #MeToo movement, expect that your employees could be more willing to make sexual and other harassment claims than they have in the past. What to do: ensure that your policies […]
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
By Lori Beam ‘Tis the season when you’ll start seeing sale tags shouting “Buy One, Get a Free Xbox,” “Now $100.99, regularly $200.99,” “20% off next week only” and “Lowest prices of the year!” As you plan your company’s holiday promotions, make sure your bargain advertising complies with the FTC’s Guides Against Deceptive Pricing. Don’t […]
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 […]