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Attorneys at HMS Law Group LLP worked on a blog from 2012-2017. Below are some of those blog highlights.

Legal Implications of Heartbleed Vulnerability

Posted by HMS Law Group | Apr 16, 2014 | 0 Comments

By D. Ken Brock – By now, most everyone has heard of the recent security vulnerability known as “Heartbleed”.  According to technology experts, however, this particular vulnerability has actually been present for about two years now with about two-thirds of the servers currently on the Internet....

Why Protect IP? An Economic Approach – Part 2

Posted by HMS Law Group | Apr 14, 2014 | 0 Comments

By Daniel P. Custodio –  In Part 1 of this series, I discussed a qualitative assessment of various costs involved in pursuing patent protections, including government expenses and patent agent/attorney fees.  I also highlighted certain risks as well as potential strategic and tactical benefits t...

Wise Employers Listen to Their Conscience

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Jan 24, 2014 | 0 Comments

By Rafael A. Icaza – An employers intuition will warn it not to make things difficult for employees who have to serve on a jury or have been the victims of crime.  Such fears are well placed.  Section 230 of the California Labor Code, for example, provides that employers “shall not discharge or...

Why Protect IP? An Economic Approach

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Dec 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Daniel P. Custodio – In my introductory blog, I talked about who “you” are; you are the CEO of a young startup. Creating and selling new products and developing your market are your primary objectives. There is a whirlwind of activity going on to achieve those objectives, from research to pro...

Estate Settles 50 Year Dispute about 007

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Nov 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Rebecca A. Gardner – http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-mgm-and-danjaq-james-bond-20131115,0,731960.story#axzz2lbejcjR6 “Bond.  James Bond.”  The fight over these famous words –which have grossed nearly $2 billion in film – ended last week when the estate of film w...

What 'SUP?

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Nov 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

By D. Ken Brock – Now that Sacramentos real-estate market has finally been taken off life-support, zoning and land-use matters are once again becoming relevant. In California, land-use regulation has traditionally been governed at the local level though municipal ordinances.  While these ordin...

Disability in the Labor Market

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Oct 07, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Rafael A. Icaza – This is the first in a series of blogs about disability in the labor market. In this first one I address the background and basic features of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In future blogs I will address in more detail issues raised by the ADA and similar laws, s...

Why Your College-Age Children Need an Estate Plan

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Oct 04, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Rebecca A. Gardner – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323981304579079473312130490.html Teenagers often think that they are invincible.  Indeed, even some of the forty-somethings and fifty-somethings that consult with me about their estate plans are convinced that death is a life...

The Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Shakedown

Posted by Sunny D. Dobashi | Jun 04, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Blair W. Will – In my practice as a land-use and natural resources attorney I have been called upon to defend business clients sued by environmental groups in a Clean Water Act “citizen-suit”.  I do not object to legal actions directed at entities that are engaged in clear violations of envir...

Sacramento Railyards Project Off the Tracks?

Posted by HMS Law Group | Apr 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Blair W. Will – Last Wednesday night the Sacramento Kings lost to the LA Clippers in what might prove to be the final Kings game played here in Sacramento.  Or not.  The drama regarding the Kings possible departure to Seattle remains the talk of Sactown.  Seattle is a much larger media marke...

The Importance of a Small Business Lawyer

Posted by HMS Law Group | Dec 01, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Rodney R. Moy – Most small business owners I speak with are fueled by their entrepreneurial spirit.  I can see their excitement when discussing a new idea or enterprise, and how they genuinely want to get that idea into the marketplace to improve the lives of their customers.  Being born into...

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