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Banning Noncompetes to Drive Competition in the U.S.

May 2, 2024

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the U.S. issued a new rule after voting to ban for-profit US employers from using noncompete clauses in employment agreements. The FTC estimates that 18% of U.S. workers, or nearly 30 million people, are bound by noncompete clauses. Noncompetes are a widespread practice and the FTC…

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P!nk vs. P.inc vs. Pink

May 2, 2024

Trademarks can be one of the most valuable assets any business or person may have when producing content or general work. When talking about trademarks, they are the link that exists between the product or service that is marketed and sold to the public and its source, creator, or originator. Although an intangible property, trademarks…

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Meet Our Team – Employment Attorney Crystal McBride at BridgehouseLaw

May 2, 2024

BridgehouseLaw is pleased to announce that Crystal McBride is joining our Charlotte team as an Associate Attorney. Before law school, Crystal held several director and executive leadership human resources positions. She is well versed in foreign and domestic human resources and employment obligations, including GDPR, onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, company handbooks, HR systems, wage and hour laws,…

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Record Shipping Insurance Costs in Baltimore

April 3, 2024

The damage in the wake of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could cost insurers up to $4 billion, setting a record as the largest marine insurance loss ever. The bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River on March 26, 2024, after the Dali container ship, owned by Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., hit a supporting…

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Legalized Sports Betting in North Carolina

April 3, 2024

North Carolina joined 29 other US states in March 2024 in legalizing mobile and online sports wagering across the State. The legalized industry of sports gambling is relatively young, having only experienced recent growth due to a 2018 Supreme Court case, Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which concurrently ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports…

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The King is back… now as a law.

April 3, 2024

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed an interesting law that may shape how AI and copyright will be regulated. The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act was enacted with the intent to try and protect artists and their work from the use of “deepfake” and generative artificial intelligence to create work with their…

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Meet José Portabella Villela – BridgehouseLaw LLP

April 3, 2024

BridgehouseLaw is pleased to announce that its newest Foreign Associate, José Portabella Villela, was sworn in as an attorney at law for the State of New York on February 15, 2024. He is now a dually-qualified lawyer having also been sworn in to the Guatemalan National Bar. Attorney Portabella Villela joined the BridgehouseLaw Charlotte office…

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Obtaining a Social Security Number as a Non-Immigrant

March 5, 2024

To obtain a Social Security Number (SSN), noncitizens must be authorized to work by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); however, a noncitizen not authorized to work does not need an SSN. An SSN is used to report wages and determine a person’s eligibility for social security benefits to collect or receive other government services.…

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AI Lawsuit against Air Canada

March 5, 2024

Air Canada paid $812.02 in damages and court fees to a passenger after losing in small claims court. The passenger bought a plane ticket after confirming with Air Canada’s Chatbot that the airline offers reduced bereavement fares when traveling due to imminent death or a death within a person’s immediate family. When the passenger pursued…

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ChatGPT

March 5, 2024

As I mentioned in my previous article, the different cases and repercussions of ChatGPT have been updated. There are both positive and negative updates for OpenAI in the different cases they are involved with this year. On the positive side, (https://www.wmar2news.com/judge-sides-partially-with-openai-over-chatgpt-copyright-claims) U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a California federal judge, dismissed the majority of copyright…

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