Trade Secret, eCommerce, and Intellecutual Property Law, Richard C. Balough

53 W. Jackson Blvd. Ste. 936
Chicago IL 60604
312.834.0400 P
312.834.0526 F

Trade secrets, litigation, Internet law, ecommerce law

Whether you are starting a new business, investigating business formation codes, researching rights of privacy issues, protecting your intellectual property, or searching for slander, libel or defamation law, you need accurate legal advice today - not next month - from an experienced attorney who listens to you and understands you and your business. We provide timely, professional and cost-effective legal advice in Chicago and throughout Illinois that produces positive results for our clients.

Practice Areas Include:

Protecting Intellectual Property

Maximizing the Value of Your Intellectual Property

Using the Internet Profitably

Privacy and Defamation

Cybersquatting

Starting a New Business

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Covenants Not to Compete and Trade Secrets

In the News...

	Court Halts Marketing and Use of Stealth Keylogger Program A federal judge has temporarily stopped the marketing and use of a spyware program that tracks computer keystrokes of its unsuspecting victims. - 11/18/2008
	IICLE Taps Balough to Pen Chapter on Transfer of Copyrights The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has tapped Richard C. Balough to author one of the chapters in the 2008 revision of its book on Intellectual Property Law. - 11/12/2008
	Google Settles Case Challenging Book Digitization Project Google, Inc. has reached an agreement settling two class action cases that challenged the search company's right to digitize and provide searches for books. - 10/29/2008
	Florida Rejects False Light Privacy Claims Florida has joined a minority of states in rejecting a privacy cause of action for false light. - 10/24/2008
	Balough Speaks to Class at Notre Dame Richard C. Balough spoke recently to an advanced communications class at the University of Notre Dame on privacy issues they may face as journalists. - 10/23/2008
	Virginia Anti-Spam Statute Found Unconstitutional The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed itself as well as the conviction of a spammer, finding the state�s anti-spam law overly-broad and therefore unconstitutional. - 9/15/2008
	NBC Can Fire Employee For Reporting Journalistic Ethics Violations A news organization can fire an employee even if the termination is based upon the employee reporting journalistic ethics violations, the Seventh Circuit has found. - 9/12/2008