Introduction - Fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) do not yet exist, and similarly, federal statutes and regulations to oversee AVs, also do not exist. What has resulted is a plethora of state statutes attempting to oversee AVs, a…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
2024 has been a busy year in all intellectual property. It has been especially busy in trademark law. Here are the top seven cases in trademark law to date…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
As employers look toward open enrollment for their group health plans, now is a good time to review action items needed for those plans by year-end, as well as upcoming deadlines in the near future. While fully-insured health…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
CMS published its FY 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule on August 1, 2024. Under this final rule, CMS is implementing several changes to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Manufacturing, as often noted, is the backbone of the American economy. Manufacturers not only innovate and create products that contribute to the betterment of our way of life but are also critically fundamental to our national…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on August 23, 2024, vacating a 2021 Final Rule of the Department of Labor (DOL), which limited the circumstances under which employers can claim a "tip…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
As we move into the second half of the year, we are alerting you to 11 patent cases that you should look out for during the second half of 2024. This judicial mix touches on a range of industries and interests, such as biotech…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
From 2004 through 2010, I was transfixed (and probably a little addicted) to the ABC hit show Lost. From the pilot episode, Ellen and I were hooked. You likely remember Lost, which is built around a commercial airline that crash…
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (DOT) released regulations on Section 6418 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), on July 1, 2024, concerning the transfer of certain…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Advancing women to leadership roles is not merely a "nice-to-have" feature of your business. It also serves as something other than an employee attraction or a retention benefit. Ironically, women in leadership shouldn't be a…
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/ Business Organizations, Law Practice Products & Services
Showcasing how leaders come in various shapes and sizes is the common thread throughout this issue. We interviewed two Baker Donelson women leaders – Martha Boyd, chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment Group, and Jennifer…
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Each year, our Baker Women team makes a point to engage with our summer associates, particularly getting them involved in some of our signature projects, such as our leadership issue of Strive. For this article, we tasked four…
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I've been pondering the relationship among these three things – leadership, lawyers, and basketball – since watching this year's Women's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament earlier this year, there seems to be a lot we can learn…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Law Practice Products & Services
In every corner of the world, women athletes are not just excelling in their sports – they're leading with resilience, determination, and unmatched excellence. The Olympic Games offered us a front-row seat to witness the…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Law Practice Products & Services
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it was…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health
