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Labor, Employment and Benefits: Alert - February 6, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied an employer’s request for review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which held that tipped employees spending more than 20 percent of their time performing related but non-tipped duties must be paid the full minimum wage for that time, without the tip credit.

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Construction: Alert - January 30, 2012

For almost 50 years, lessors have had the ability to limit their liability for liens that arose from improvements to the leasehold made by a lessee. However, in the most recent legislative session, the Florida Legislature enacted revisions to Florida Statute § 713.10 that provide a potential pitfall for lessors by inserting a provision that may allow a contractor to lien the lessor's interest even where there is a recorded document advising of the limitation of liens.

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Holland & Knight Defends State of Idaho's Trademark on Potatoes
 
 January 13, 2010
 
Thomas W. Brooke- Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 13, 2010 – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that it has successfully defended its client, the Idaho Potato Commission, an agency of the State of Idaho, in a cancellation action brought by a potato packer and reseller who attempted to invalidate their IDAHO trademark in relation to potatoes.

Thomas Brooke, a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office and Special Deputy Attorney General to the State of Idaho, represented the Commission before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

The case began when a potato packer and reseller in New York filed a Petition to Cancel the Idaho Potato Commission's U.S. Certification Trademark Registration for the IDAHO mark in relation to potatoes. On January 13, the TTAB granted the firm's motion to dismiss and ultimately supported rules established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that protect the Idaho Potato Commission's right to certify potatoes as genuine IDAHO potatoes.

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