Legal Articles & Updates
2013
Taxpayer Appeal Rights Expanded in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Banks: Your Loan Officer May Not Be Exempt Under the FLSA.
Arbitration Clauses~Who Decides their Validity?
Non-Compete Agreements Must Be Narrowly Drafted.
Tenth Circuit Upholds Termination of Employee Following FMLA Leave.
FTC Announces Revised 2013 Thresholds for HSR Notification
Oklahoma Supreme Court Addresses Misrepresentation Statute.
2012
W-2 and FSA Changes Under Health Care Reform Act.
Negotiating Settlements Effectively Ethically.
Liar, Liar … Using Polygraph Tests on Employees.
2012 Oklahoma Tax Legislation.
The Oklahoma Self-Defense Act Does Not Prevent Businesses from Having “No Gun” Policies.
Limited Rights Firm Service Agreements Approved by FERC.
Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Deaf Employee’s ADA Claims.
Oklahoma’s Wicked Weather and Insurance.
Fifth Circuit Allows Unsupervised Release of FLSA Claims Executed by Union on Behalf of Employess.
Oklahoma Federal Judge Rejects Insurance Bad Faith Expert Evidence.
Joint and Several Liability under CERCLA.
Denying Reservation Charge Credits for Certain Non-Force Majeure Events.
Twenty-first Century Patent Charlatans.
Professionalism Perspectives: Ethical Witness Preparation – So When Does Preparing Become Coaching?
Supports Insurers Right to Deny Claim Based on Operating Vehicle While Intoxicated.
HIPAA Privacy Enforcement on the Rise.
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal Records.
New JOBS Act makes a number of changes to federal securities laws and regulations.
Do You Ask Employees For Their Facebook Passwords? Congress May Put An End To This Practice.
Protecting Your Company’s Assets with the Stroke of a Pen.
Oklahoma Revised Arbitration Act
A Modern-Day SOPA Opera: SOPA, OPEN, PIPA Oh My!
Class action waiver in an employment agreement constitutes unfair labor practices, NLRB finds.
2011
Debunking the Grassy Knoll Theory of Business Method Patents
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform: Do you know who your broker is?
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Update
Down(loaded) and Dyslexic? The Difference Between "No" and "On"
The Old Bad is No Longer the New Bad: Inequitable Conduct Gets an Extreme Makeover
Mr. Haughey Got Caught With His Hand in the "Copy" Jar
Oklahoma Legislature Provides Some Guidance in the Emerging Field of Wind Energy
The Application of Statutes of Limitations in Arbitration
Little Lime(Wire) with Your Copy? In a Virtual Den of Copyright Thieves
It Ain't Over 'til It's Over . . . Maybe: Calculating Patent Term Limits
Sudden Unintended Acceleration: It Ain’t Rocket Science . . . or Is It?
GableGotwals launches employment law and insurance law blogs
Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain: What Constitutes “Use” of a Patented System?
Was your home previously a meth lab?
Patently Indecent Exposure: Preventing Invention Exhibitionism
Process or Principle? A Look at What Makes a Method “Patent-Eligible”
2010
UPDATE: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Tax Relief Act of 2010
It’s a Jungle in There: Running Afoul of Restrictive Terms in Software Licenses
Originality is Great, but Plagiarism is Faster: Holding Back the Rising Tide of Trade Secret Thefts
Paper, Scissors, Rock: How a Professor’s Pen Smashed Stanford University’s Piece of the Rock
Changes to Oklahoma Water Law Perhaps on the Horizon
Patent Holders Get the Stilt and End Up Bow-Tied: The Patent Marking Conundrum
‘Schedules of Use’ for Appropriated Streamwater: What Every Municipality Should Know
2010 Federal Health Care Reform Legislation Memorandum
Southwestern Bell Property Tax Case - Do Intangibles Add Up to Uncertainties?
The New Accountant Client Privilege in Oklahoma: Don’t Count on Its Protection
Delaware Chancery Court Decision Authorizes Expanded Use of Poison Pills
2009
Recent Ninth Circuit Decision Could Significantly Expand Registrants' Potential Liability for Exhibits to Exchange Act Filings
Recent Decision Highlights Potential Liability to Officers who Sign Negotiable Instruments on Behalf of Companies
A Recent Decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court May Affect Real Estate Brokers and Agents
Whether by Land, Sea or Fashion Runway, GABLEGOTWALS IP Attorneys Have It Covered
