Kennyhertz Perry attorney, Arthur Chaykin, was listed as one of the Top-Rated Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law for the second year in a row by The American Lawyer. Arthur has over forty years of experience as a litigator, advisor, in-house lawyer, and law professor. Currently, Arthur represents clients on trademark matters, copyright cases, patent and
Last week, Kansas legislators passed a bill (SB 84) that would allow legalized sports betting in Kansas. The bill will now head to the governor’s desk where it is expected she will sign the bill into law. The bill allows each of Kansas’ four licensed casinos to offer sports gambling at the casinos. In addition,
Kennyhertz Perry is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row Missouri Lawyers Media has named Ben Tompkins to the 2022 “POWER LIST” for tax law. Each year, the editorial team conducts interviews with attorneys around the state, reviews outcomes of significant cases, and consults the archives of the Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Kennyhertz Perry is proud to announce that it is celebrating its 9-year anniversary. The firm is honored to have served its clients and the Kansas City community these past nine years and is looking forward to many more to come. About Kennyhertz Perry, LLC Kennyhertz Perry, LLC is a business and litigation law firm representing
Kennyhertz Perry is excited to welcome Kelly Willyard to the firm. Kelly has over seven years experience with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office where she represented the state of Missouri and its agencies in a variety of civil matters, both prosecuting and defending state interests. Much of her practice focused on the protection and recovery
Campus Legends, a non-fungible token company co-founded by Tim Tebow, has formed a partnership with INFLCR and will be integrated into their global exchange for the next three years. Campus Legends is the first NFT platform to be featured on INFLCR and will allow college athletes to monetize their brand and make money through the
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) featured Braden Perry, among other experts, in an article on the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recent steps to raise the compliance bar. The rulemaking agenda published in January in the Federal Register highlighted areas of regulatory oversight. FinCEN has identified significant threats and intends to
With the new NIL deals entering the equation this spring, players could be swayed to remain on campus another season instead of forgoing their eligibility and electing to enter the NBA draft early. These name, image, and likeness deals totaling $500,000 per year could weigh heavily on these decisions for young athletes. Mit Winter spoke
In 1975, Pepsi-Cola launched an advertising program in which patrons at shopping malls all over the United States engaged in a blind taste test of Coke and Pepsi. The results tended to favor Pepsi and “the Pepsi challenge” was an important feature of Pepsi-Cola’s advertising in 1975. Although the “Pepsi challenge” is a famous example
Even though college athletes now have the ability to enter into name, image, and likeness deals and to be paid for the use of their NILs, most colleges and universities have made the decision to stay out of the deal making process. Ohio State, however, has decided to go against that trend. It recently announced
College athletes are not the only non-professional athletes signing NIL these days. High school athletes in five states (California, New York, Nebraska, New Jersey, and Alaska) can now also sign NIL deals. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Joey Spallina, the number one ranked high school lacrosse player in the nation and a Syracuse lacrosse commit
In order to “promote the progress of science and useful arts,” the U.S. Constitution (Art. 1; Sec. 8) gives Congress the authority to secure the exclusive rights to their creations and discoveries to authors, artists, and inventors. Although filing a copyright registration is not a “one-click” operation, depending on the complexity of the particular filing,
