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Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 - Part 2

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This is the second article in our two-part series on Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0, focusing on the legal implications and potential liabilities manufacturers face from cyberattacks, as well as practical...more

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California Enacts Generative AI Law Addressing “Digital Replicas” of Performers

On September 17, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2602 into California law (to be codified at Cal. Lab. Code §927). The law addresses the use of “digital replicas” of performers. As defined in the law, a digital...more

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Stay Focused: New Point of View of Patent Eligibility

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s decision that the asserted claims were patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, finding that the district court improperly characterized...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Precluded, Not Repeated: WARF & Apple Continue to Shape our Understanding of Issue Preclusion in Patent Law

This case addresses the application of issue preclusion in scenarios where two closely related cases allege patent infringement against different versions of the same technology. Specifically, this case discusses whether a...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Generative AI and Legal Ethics

The number of lawyers sanctioned for citing fake cases or quotes created by Generative Artificial Intelligence tools continues to grow. Earlier this summer, U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen ordered counsel to show cause as...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Athletes, Arenas, and Cyberattacks: The Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity in Sports

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As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, the sports industry faces unique challenges in safeguarding its data, athletes, and events. During a recent panel discussion at the Aspen Cyber Summit, Reynold Hoover, CEO of the...more

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Different Evidentiary Burdens in IPR Proceedings and District Court Means No Collateral Estoppel Effect on Related Patent Claims

After ten years of litigation, the Federal Circuit found that the district court conducted an improper collateral estoppel analysis and upheld ParkerVision’s position on each of the appealed issues. Background - In...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Revolutionizing M&A Due Diligence: How AI Tools Enhance Efficiency and Accuracy

In the realm of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), due diligence is a critical phase where a buyer’s acquisition team assesses potential risks and opportunities before finalizing the terms of an agreement to purchase its target...more

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CFPB Warns Banks Against Use of Phantom Opt-In Agreements

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The CFPB issued guidance, titled Improper Overdraft Opt-In Practices, addressing whether a financial institution violates the law if it levies overdraft fees for ATM and one-time debit card transactions based on phantom...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: September 202

The HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying 946,801 people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information...more

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PA AG Launches Online Portal for Data Breach Reporting

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Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced the launch of an online portal to report data breaches ahead of the effective date of recent amendments to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act (BPINA)....more

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Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - September 19, 2024

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently issued an interim final rule implementing licensing requirements for these emerging technology products for export to all foreign countries. See the...more

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FTC Secures Judgment Against Companies for Allegedly Defrauding Consumers in Credit Card Laundering Scheme

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The FTC settled with Legion Media, LLC, KP Commerce, LLC, and Sloan Health Products, LLC and related individuals and entities to resolve allegations over unauthorized billing schemes for sales of CBD and keto products in...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

An Employer’s Guide to Outsmarting Artificial Intelligence Liability in the Workplace

Employers need to be smarter than ever about how they use artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Laws attempting to regulate the use of AI in the workplace have seemingly kept pace with advancements in the technology...more

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Colorado Federal Court Grants Motions to Dismiss in Cryptocurrency Theft Case Citing Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

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In a recent ruling, the District of Colorado granted several motions to dismiss filed by the developers and owners of cryptocurrency application Atomic Wallet, citing a lack of personal jurisdiction. This decision effectively...more

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YouTube Unveils AI Detection Tools: Advancing ContentID for the AI Era

YouTube has announced a slate of new AI detection tools to enhance its ContentID system. The tools are designed to address the challenges posed by AI-generated content, which is becoming increasingly prevalent and...more

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Federal Circuit Reverses § 101 Summary Judgment Of Invalidity, Holding That Describing Claims At High Level Of Abstraction And...

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On September 9, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) reversed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s decision finding asserted claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. §...more

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California Takes Action Against Deepfakes: Five New Bills Signed Into Law

Governor Gavin Newsom has made waves by signing five new bills aimed at tackling the challenges posed by deepfakes in California, with two bills covering digital replicas of performers and three focused on elections and...more

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Utah AI Consumer Transparency Law

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Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine the history and key requirements of Utah’s AI Consumer Transparency law. On March 13, 2024, the Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox signed the Utah Artificial Intelligence...more

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UK signs first treaty on AI and human rights, democracy and the rule of law

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The UK has entered into the world’s first binding treaty on artificial intelligence - the framework convention on AI and human rights, democracy and the rule of law (the “Convention”). The treaty sets out principles to be...more

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FDIC sunsets its FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

On September 5, the FFIEC announced the sunsetting of the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) on August 31, 2025. The CAT, introduced in June 2015, was a voluntary tool designed to help financial institutions identify...more

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Nine months of progress – President Biden’s Landmark AI Executive Order

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Daren Orzechowski Alexander Touma Jack Weinert Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine the progress made by US federal agencies towards achieving the directives set forth in President Biden’s Landmark...more

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Federal Circuit Provides Clarity On Proper Obviousness-Type Double Patenting References

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In Allergan USA, Inc. et al., v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision relating to obviousness-type double patenting (“ODP”) and...more

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Test Anxiety: FDA Issues Warning Letters to Test Laboratories

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to two third-party nonclinical testing laboratories. The FDA cited the laboratories for “oversight failures and animal care violations that raise concerns...more

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Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

One of the anticipated consequences of the Supreme Court's Loper decision is that it will unleash judges to impose their statutory interpretations of administrative agencies' applications of the law within their areas of...more

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