Philip A Duvalsaint, PLLC

08/29/2024

I can’t believe I’ve been practicing for over 25 years! It all started at the University of Florida College of Law with some very talented people and Rosanna Catalano was at the top of the list!

04/30/2024

The groundbreaking decision by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete agreements is a huge policy shift that will influence both our local workforce and the broader business environment.

Legal and Compliance Aspects: For business owners, the shift means reevaluating employment strategies to protect proprietary information without relying on non-competes. Trade secrets and non-disclosure agreements remain viable options for safeguarding sensitive data. Additionally, the FTC has streamlined compliance by allowing employers to simply notify workers bound by existing non-competes that these agreements will no longer be enforced, providing model language to facilitate this communication.

Empowerment for Workers because the FTC's new rule liberates nearly 30 million workers from non-compete agreements, which hinder career mobility and suppress wages.

Boost for Businesses: By prohibiting non-competes, the FTC anticipates a 2.7% annual increase in new business formation, translating to over 8,500 new startups each year. This surge in entrepreneurship is expected to foster a more dynamic economy, with an estimated increase of up to 29,000 patents annually.

It is crucial for businesses to adapt to these changes proactively and for workers to understand their new rights and opportunities. If you have any questions or need guidance on navigating this new landscape, feel free to reach out. Let's make the most of this transformative time for Florida's economy and its workforce!

Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamen

11/13/2023

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/18/universal-music-sues-anthropic-for-copyright-infringement-over-lyrics.html This is just the beginning. Copyright law will either change (which I doubt) or we will adapt or the copyright owners will continue to ignore the song lyric websites.

Universal Music has sued AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement, per a Wednesday filing.

06/27/2023

Strategic Lending Group w/ Hellen McQuainTracy BastanteAlexandra Costantini for sales training

05/08/2023

Tic Toc is bad

The popular app can quickly drive young users into endless spools of adult content, including videos touting drug use and promoting po*******hy sites, a Wall Street Journal investigation finds.

03/24/2023

Time to review your clients’ severance agreements.

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a memo this week clarifying one of the biggest open questions after the NLRB rules broad non-disparagement clauses were illegal.

01/03/2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales of a whipsmart detective — which has even ensnared Enola Holmes — will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan.

06/14/2022

Holland & Knight and Bluestone, the law firms representing LCX, served the anonymous defendant with a temporary restraining order that was issued on-chain using an NFT. This method “was approved by the New York Supreme Court . (New York Supreme Court 06/07/2022 - Index No. 154644/2022)

06/03/2022

I am proud to announce that I was recently appointed by the President-elect of the Florida Bar, Gary S. Lesser, to the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee. The committee is intended to provide Bar members a forum for sharing information about the law applicable to free speech and communications. The committee will explore topical legal issues pertaining to the full spectrum of communications methods, including print, broadcast, cable and emerging technologies. A second and equally important purpose of the committee is to promote better understanding between The Florida Bar and the news media, focusing attention upon mutual problems and developing amicable solutions to those problems.