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Arbitration is a method of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) the terms of which are agreed upon by the parties of a written contract well in advance of a legal dispute. Should the parties to the contract have a dispute, the...

In addition to numerous federal, state, and local employment laws, which prohibit gender and racial discrimination against employees, several states and cities are banning inquiries into salary history in an effort to address pay inequities for women and minorities.  Employee...

On June 21, 2017, the Supreme Court struck down a law prohibiting offensive or disparaging trademarks, holding that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) from declining registration of trademarks deemed “offensive” or “disparaging”. ...

Businesses are required to pay a laundry list of taxes throughout the year, including: federal income tax; state income tax; alternative minimum tax (AMT); business, professional, and occupational license taxes; tangible personal property taxes; payroll taxes; and sales tax.  Last...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods, a case focused on the federal venue statute that affects the forum in which a plaintiff may bring a patent infringement lawsuit (28 U.S.C. §...

Recently, Sparks Law has been contacted by several clients with questions concerning a form that they received in the mail, from an entity called “Georgia Council for Corporations.”  This form offers to complete and file annual corporate minutes with the...

We are frequently asked by our clients to review non-compete and non-solicitation provisions. Clients sometimes get the two types of clauses confused and ask us (1) what exactly are the parties to the contract allowed to do, and (2) what...

Uber has had a tough past couple of weeks. First, Waymo, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, filed suit claiming that Uber used Google’s self-driving car technology, which had been stolen by one of its former employees. Then, this past...

Recently, a jury in Dallas, Texas ordered Facebook Inc.’s subsidiary Oculus, and other related defendants, to pay $500 million to ZeniMax Media, Inc. (the company that owns video game franchises, such as The Elder Scrolls and Fallout). ZeniMax sued Facebook and Oculus,...