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Fitness “wearables,” such as Fitbit, as well as health monitoring websites and mobile applications, have become immensely popular.  As a result, personal health information, which had previously fallen under the privacy and security restrictions of HIPAA for the most part,...

On May 18, 2016, President Obama announced the publication of the Department of Labor’s Final Rule, which includes a colossal update to overtime regulations contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  The rule is projected to extend overtime pay...

As you may be aware, social media and the press are all abuzz about the secret recording of Taylor Swift by Kanye West, during a phone call, made without her consent or knowledge.  Questions were raised about whether Kanye had...

We talk a lot about being an “in-house counsel team,” “general counsel,” and “attorney on-call” but have yet to really explain what this means. To be honest, the whole idea of a general counsel attorney for a business was foreign...

With all of the changes in the law, contract disputes, and business strategies out there, businesses need an attorney on call more than ever before. In spite of this need, more and more businesses try to get by without an...

Traditionally, when an attorney represents a business client, that attorney’s license to practice law arguably requires her to (i) advise the client on every legal vulnerability that client has or may have, (ii) review each and every legal document the...

At Sparks Law, we want to offer what we call “Value-Based Legal Services.” What does that mean? We believe that all businesses, regardless of their size, deserve—and indeed require—quality legal services at a price that they can easily afford. We...

It happens too often: I sit down for the first time with a client who has spent thousands of dollars marketing their brand name only to find that the brand they’ve fallen in love with, and spent countless hours developing...

In recent news, a woman defrauded the public by posing as an attorney and handling trusts & estates cases – over the course of ten years! This rather terrifying story is a reminder of why it’s important to have licensed...

How does the Department of Labor (DOL) determine whether workers are employees or independent contractors? This is an important question and while it would be great to offer a definitive answer, unfortunately, the answer is: it depends. The DOL uses...