Month: March 2017

Protecting Valuable Business Information And Resources: Looking At Some Tools, Strategies

March 31, 2017

For employers, protecting valuable businesses resources from competitors is critical to ensuring the success of the business. Valuable resources include not only intellectual property created by the company, but also trade secrets and employees, particularly high-level employees who have access to sensitive company information. Protecting intellectual property includes not only...

5 Common Problems Many Small Businesses Face

March 24, 2017

It starts with an idea and a dream, and you have been successful at turning it into a business that continues to thrive and grow. Unfortunately, no matter how great your ideas or business skills are, you are likely to run into some type of growing pains as you stretch...

Privacy, Constitutional Issues Abound In Cell Phone Search Cases

March 22, 2017

We’ve been looking in recent posts at the topic of searches and seizures, the warrant requirement, and some recent cases involving jurisdictional issues surrounding warrants. Another warrant-related issue that is a hot-button issue at present is to what extent cell phones and other mobile digital devices should be treated as...

How Pennsylvania’s Act 39 Affects Business Owners

March 15, 2017

It is well known among business owners in Pennsylvania that liquor licenses and permits are some of the most complicated pieces of running a service industry business. However, in 2016 The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PCLB) became a lot easier to work with when they began accepting requests for various...

Feds Grapple With Jurisdictional Issues In Search Warrant Cases, P.2

March 15, 2017

In our last post, we began looking at the important issue of the Fourth Amendment in criminal defense, particularly in the context of investigation of suspected Internet crimes. As we noted, the federal government’s ability to search data stored on overseas servers is part of this discussion. Although the FBI’s...

Feds Grapple With Jurisdictional Issues In Search Warrant Cases, P.1

March 6, 2017

In an age of technology, the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures is increasingly being tested in new contexts. One of the issues currently being played out in the courts is that of the government’s ability to access electronic data located outside a court’s jurisdiction. Last year, the...

States, Courts, Feds Struggle To Address Issue Of Distracted Driving, P.2

March 2, 2017

Previously, we began looking at some of the pressures that are bearing upon electronics and app manufacturers to address the problem of distracted driving. As we noted, this pressure is coming both from highway safety regulators and from the court system. App developer Snapchat, for instance, was sued last year...