Beginning October 1, 2024, telemarketers will have to pay higher fees for access to phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. In a unanimous decision, the FTC increased annual subscriptions by $2 for access to a...more
The 2023 Minnesota legislative session, which ended May 22, was chock-full of critical employment law developments that will have immediate and ongoing impacts for employers in Minnesota on a variety of fronts, including paid...more
In Interprofession du Gruyere v. U. S. Dairy Exp. Council, 61 F.4th 407 (4th Cir. 2023), two European cheesemaking consortiums sought appellate review of a USPTO ruling, which sustained American cheesemaking companies’...more
When COVID-19 was on the rise, ransomware attacks were right alongside it. A new investigation published in JAMA Health Forum found that ransomware attacks more than doubled in the last five years. Ransomware is software that...more
Medical providers operating in Minnesota must be aware of the Minnesota Health Records Act’s (“MHRA”) requirements to avoid liability exposure. Enterprising plaintiff’s attorneys are bringing these claims at an increasing...more
Last summer, the NCAA allowed student-athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images, and likenesses (“NIL”), but did not issue formal guidance on the matter. That changed on May 9, 2022, when the NCAA’s Division One...more
On April 5, 2022, after more than one year of vacancy, the Senate confirmed attorney Kathi Vidal as the next director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office....more
Congress is now taking steps to beef-up cyber security regulations at the federal level. The Senate introduced a bill titled the “Cyber Incident Reporting Act of 2021,” which requires covered entities—meaning an entity that...more
The U.S. Copyright Office (“USCO”) is expanding the right to repair digital devices via exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”)’s rules governing access to devices and software, which includes automobiles...more
On September 1, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration’s final “intended use” rule will go into effect. The update is meant to clarify the “intended use” regulations for pharmaceutical products and medical devices...more
The NCAA announced that it will allow student-athletes throughout the country to profit from their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) starting on July 1, 2021, which marks a major shift from the NCAA’s longstanding amateurism...more
While the NFL’s Washington Football Team decides on a more permanent name (likely in 2022), its hopes of trademarking its current moniker have been put on ice. On June 18, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more