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Golan Christie Taglia is pleased to share that associate, Joseph S. Trytten, has been invited to sit on a panel for the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust, and Estate’s Section’s 36th Annual National CLE Conference in Washington D.C. On this panel, he along with three other attorneys will discuss the pitfalls in negotiating fiduciary […]

Input: Using ChatGPT version 3.5, GCT lawyers asked AI to generate an “Employment Agreement” based on the following prompts: · “Draft me an employment contract using today’s date.” · “Make it a more substantial agreement.” Output: The resulting Employment Agreement was a substantially deficient and ambiguous document, which contains provisions that may be unenforceable in […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new rule on April 23, 2024, banning non-compete agreements in the United States for most American workers. Finding that non-compete agreements unfairly interfere with competition (and therefore violate Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act) the FTC has ruled that no new non-compete agreements may be entered after […]

On Thursday, May 16 from 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. CT, Golan Christie Taglia’s Intellectual Property Practice Group will host a webinar designed to give an overview of trademark challenges from both perspectives. The webinar, “Trademark Challenges: Swords and Shields,” will provide attendees with valuable insights about the following topics: · Ex Parte challenges to trademarks […]

In this week’s installment of her IP Blawg, Golan Christie Taglia partner Beverly A. Berneman, discusses the language of trademark disputes involving BYLT Performance LLC and BYLT LLC in a 2018 lawsuit. To read more about how the suit unfolded, click here. Beverly A. Berneman is a partner with Golan Christie Taglia LLP where she […]

In this week’s installment of her IP Blawg, Golan Christie Taglia partner Beverly A. Berneman, discusses the ELVIS act that will go into effect in Tennessee on July 1st, 2024. Along with the already robust protection that Tennessee has the new act will help recording artists in the field of AI-generated deepfakes and sound alikes […]

Golan Christie Taglia partner Brian T. Whitlock delves into the world of life insurance in part 1 of his article “A Practical Guide to Life Insurance – Part I: Understanding Terminology and Uses.” In it, he covers a wide variety of topics, including, types of insurance and why one should invest in life insurance in […]

Golan Christie Taglia partner Brian T. Whitlock outlines the U.S. Tax Court’s recent ruling in Soroban Capital Partners LP, which subjected the earnings of limited partners in a hedge fund to self-employment tax under the Self-Employed Contributions Act. Brian’s article, “Soboran and the SECA Calculus on Flow-Thru Entities,” is the latest installment of his “Untaxingly […]

Golan Christie Taglia is pleased to share that the firm sponsored the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Summit, which took place on March 20 – 21 in Chicago. The two-day conference brought together leading intellectual property professionals as they shared case studies and best practices for overcoming the biggest obstacles facing the industry from across […]