Top U.S. Postal Service Suppliers in 2023: Transportation Suppliers Again Carry the Mail
Washington, D.C. — Spending on goods, services, and facilities by the U.S. Postal Service totaled $21.4 billion in Fiscal Year 2023, increasing by nearly $3 billion from last year. Once again, transportation-related contractors dominated, taking 7 of the top 10 spots. As it has for over 20 years, FedEx leads the list as the Postal […]
Culhane Celebrates Second Decade with New Offices, Partners, Leadership Team Members
As It Enters Its Second Decade as the Largest, Full-Service, Woman-Owned and Managed Law Firm in the U.S., Culhane Plans for New Markets, New Partners, New Leadership Team Members (NEW YORK, NY) — Culhane PLLC (Culhane.law), the largest woman-owned and managed, full-service law firm in the country, celebrates its 10th Anniversary and enters its second […]
ABA Jrnl: “Companies and their lawyers brace for wide-ranging EU data-privacy law” features Linda Priebe, CIPP/E
Jason Tashea reports for the ABA Journal “With the May deadline looming, companies big and small are turning to their lawyers for guidance as they seek to comply with the new regulations. Additionally, European regulators, called data-protection authorities, are preparing for the post-GDPR era, in which they expect their enforcement authority to be significantly strengthened and […]
UK Privacy Law Not Adequate After Brexit EU Commission Notice
On January 9th, 2018, the EU Commission (EUC) issued a UK data protection Stakeholder Notice. The EUC Notice states that at this time there are “considerable uncertainties” regarding whether UK Data Protection Laws will be adequate after Brexit to permit international transfers of personal data from EU/EEA member countries to the UK. This is because […]
DC Partner Linda Priebe, CIPP/E to Speak on EU Data Protection Reforms
Linda Priebe CIPP/E, partner in Culhane Meadows’ DC office will be speaking at “Inside Job 3 – Risks, Threats, and Innovations” presented by The GreenHouse Group LLC on August 25th in Rosslyn, VA. The conference brings together top cyber experts
How EU Data Privacy Reform Will Impact U.S. Telecom Cos.
Expert Analysis by Linda V. Priebe, JD, CIPP/E, Law360, New York (March 21, 2017, 11:52 AM EDT) – Reprinted with permission. In a little more than 13 months, many U.S. communications companies, who think cross-border data protection rules don’t apply to them, will find out otherwise. It’s no secret that a new European Union and European […]
Branding in the Moment
Mobile devices have become extensions of our bodies and brains. We constantly are connected to them, using them virtually every time we want to know, find, watch or buy something. A 2016 study found that we look at our smart phone on average 2,617 times a day, for approximately 2.4 hours. Heavy users look at […]
US Tax Outlook in a Trump World, IBSA NYC 2/17/17
Join Robert Kiggins of Culhane Meadows, Scott Davis of WithumSmith+Brown and Brandon Roman of Squire Patton Boggs in New York at 09:00 am on Tuesday 7th February 2017 at the office of WithumSmith+Brown, 1411 Broadway, 9th Floor, NY 10018. The morning discussion group meeting will be on how the legislative process in the US may […]
Trump Estate Tax Plan Outlook at Mid-December, 2016
Under current US law, for 2017, the estate and gift tax exemption will be $5.49 million per individual, up from $5.45 million in 2016. That means an individual can pass $5.49 million to his or her heirs and pay no federal estate or gift tax. Surviving spouses can port over each other’s unused exemptions, allowing […]
A 2016 Political Football: The New DOL Overtime Exemption Rule
Ready…Set…OH WAIT! The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) controversial new rule on overtime exemptions was to take effect this week,
COPYRIGHT OFFICE IMPLEMENTS ONLINE FILING FOR SAFE HARBOR COPYRIGHT AGENTS UNDER THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)
Following the passage of the DMCA in 1998, online service providers (such as hosts for web sites, email services, online forums or chat rooms) that wished to avoid liability for posting of copyrighted materials by third parties could avail themselves of a “safe harbor” under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) by registering an agent with the […]
Legal Concerns with Email Communications
Your company can’t function without email – it’s an immediate form of communication that no one can live without in today’s business world. Have you thought about what’s in those emails? What concerns should you have as your company runs its day-to-day business? Emails are governed by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the […]