Corporate leaders concerned about protecting the recipe for their company's success have been following the fitful path of the FTC's rule banning non-competes. Lawsuits seeking to enjoin the rule were filed in multiple...more
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Over the past couple of decades, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) technologies have crept into the marketplace, providing businesses with internal- and external-facing services, such as customer...more
11/20/2023
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Introduction - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated headlines for nearly all of 2023 and demonstrated that it has the potential to disrupt the economic landscape by displacing jobs and creating remarkable...more
How did Ruth Bader-Ginsburg do it? How did she maintain such a wonderful, positive presence and remain so gracious and generous among the immense pressures of serving as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice while also battling...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a unanimous decision in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. regarding the impact of new language in the America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. § 102, on the "on-sale bar."...more
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Roger Federer is one of the most famous athletes of all time. He currently has won more majors than any male tennis player in the “Open Era,” and he is admired all over the world, not only for his excellence on the court but...more
The United States Supreme Court, in the case Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., et al., Case No. 15-866, ruled in a 6-2 opinion that two-dimensional designs incorporated onto three-dimensional useful articles (here,...more
In Shammas v. Focarino, the Eastern District of Virginia holds that an applicant must pay the government attorney's fees regardless of the applicant's success in a Section 1071(b) civil matter.
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