Kilpatrick recently hosted an event in the Walnut Creek office where partners Joe Snyder, Eugenia Garrett-Wackowski, and Siegmar Pohl addressed the profound impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having on patent...more
Precision agriculture involves using cutting-edge technologies such as robotics, cloud computing, smart sensors, actuators and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance and transform traditional farming techniques. For example,...more
The Biden administration issued a Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles for Responsible Participation in Voluntary Carbon Markets on May 28, 2024, in an effort to bolster confidence in the voluntary...more
On March 1, 2024, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) published a Request for Information (“RFI”) Related to DOE’s Responsibilities on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Comments...more
After the a recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery, West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co., venture capitalists and other stockholders of Delaware corporations may consider amending or moving...more
Kilpatrick’s Dr. Siegmar Pohl recently spoke on a panel addressing “Trends in Carbon Capture Technologies and Tax Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act” at the Cleantech Forum North America in San Diego. The panelists...more
On December 8, 2023, the EU announced that Parliament and Council negotiators “had reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act.” Negotiators had been under pressure to resolve differences to maintain...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partners Siegmar Pohl and Joseph Snyder recently participated in a panel discussion at the Licensing Executives Society 2022 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. They were joined by Pallavi Shah, Managing...more
The United States Department of Energy (DOE), through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) Program, is providing $6-7 billion in grant funding to support the development of six to ten H2Hubs across the United States...more
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO), in collaboration with the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), released a Request for Information (RFI) for the $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and...more
Prosperity and advances in technology, the hallmarks of the second half of the twentieth century, have been the primary drivers of CO2 emissions. The sustained human activity-driven release of greenhouse gases is the main...more
German companies are often surprised when they get sued in the U.S. (a) that U.S. courts even have jurisdiction; (b) about the exorbitant amount of damages that are claimed; and (c) about the power U.S. courts have to compel...more
Benefit Corporations, Certified B-Corps™ and similar social purpose entities are gaining traction, especially with Generation Z aging into the prime consumer and investor generation. Still, there is confusion around what...more
Kilpatrick Townsend recently co-hosted a discussion with UK law firm Mishcon de Reya about the implications of Brexit for U.S. retail and consumer goods businesses doing business in Europe. The UK left the EU on January 31...more
San Francisco Partners Paul Haughey and Siegmar Pohl recently gave a presentation to the IP Chapter of the Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC), entitled “Making IP Due Diligence more Tailored, Useful and Efficient.”
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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Siegmar Pohl recently spoke at the Contra Costa County Bar Association’s 25th Annual
MCLE Spectacular in Walnut Creek, California on “Recent Trends in Food & Wine Industry and Their Legal...more
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A perfect storm of facts in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG et al. allowed the Delaware Chancery Court to conclude that Fresenius could properly terminate its obligations to acquire Akorn without liability,...more
During the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, Kilpatrick Townsend hosted a panel session that focused on private sector investments in climate technologies. This session discussed criteria for investments in technology or in...more
The Global Climate Action Summit will bring leaders and people together from around the world to “Take Ambition to the Next Level.” It will be a moment to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of states, regions, cities,...more