Let me start off by saying that the mid-Winter APA conference was an unqualified success, and it was great getting together with all the members. An interesting issue regarding the doctrine of subrogation arose, and so I thought this would make a fine topic for an article. There are two kinds of subrogation, conventional and…
As a general proposition, an employee cannot be restrained from using “general techniques” learned on the job, and the employer’s interest in the trade secret must be “crystal clear” to justify monopolizing what may have become part of the employee’s general knowledge and experience. Therefore, in addition to proving that it alone knows and uses…
The following question was sent in by a FB subscriber, and the issues referenced are common to most, if not all, members of the fireworks industry. I’m sitting here anxiously waiting on my Chinese vendor to get EX numbers assigned by PHMSA so that I can get delivery on time this year. And I’m quite…
Part 3 – The Ex-Number Approvals Program Donald E. Creadore, Esq. Shortly after the publication of the first article to this 3-part series PHMSA published its “Notice and Request for Comments on the Clarification of the Fireworks Approvals Policy” (“Notice”). Admittedly, any overlap is attributable to coincidence, if only for the fact that it normally…
