In recent weeks, Kilpatrick’s E-Discovery Of Counsel, Nicole Allen, had the distinguished opportunity to serve as a panelist at The Masters Conference Legal in Chicago. Nicole participated in Relativity’s panel titled…
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/ Electronic Discovery, Law Practice Products & Services, Science, Computers, & Technology
After numerous posts regarding the different approaches the Courts of Appeals have taken when addressing certification of a class that includes uninjured class members, we recently discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to…
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/ Civil Procedure
The National Advertising Division (NAD) recently delivered a pointed reminder to the athletic gear and consumer products industries: if you want to advertise superior performance, you’d better have the science to back it up. In…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
When a court begins its order denying class certification by lamenting the “failure to properly vet named plaintiffs” and “seeming unwillingness to promptly address issues that arise during litigation with named plaintiffs” as…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Takeaway: We have written about “no-poach” class actions, in which employers allegedly conspire not to recruit or hire each other’s employees with the intent of driving down wages. See Eleventh Circuit reinstates no-hire…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Maritime Law
On May 20th, Kilpatrick tax partner Jeff Reed presented during a New York City Bar SALT Committee meeting. Jeff discussed the recent NetVoyage New York Division of Tax Appeals sales tax determination.
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On May 22, 2025, Brodie Erwin (Raleigh litigator) and Colleen Bear (Senior Manager Talent Management and Coach) co-hosted Kilpatrick’s bi-monthly virtual roundtable discussion with in-house counsel, Dynamic Thinking for an…
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The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has released proposed rules to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA). For covered businesses, these proposed rules demand close attention—not only for their substantive…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Kilpatrick’s Justin Krieger and Karam J. Saab recently presented at the “23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute” in Westminster, Colorado. This two-day event brings together thought leaders,…
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/ Intellectual Property
Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Jeff Reed recently participated in panel, sponsored by Strafford, addressing the topic of “SALT and Multinational Businesses: Analyzing State and Local Taxation of Foreign Company Transactions.” The…
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/ Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On June 23, 2025, Judge Alsup issued a much-anticipated summary judgment ruling in a copyright case brought by a group of authors seeking to challenge Anthropic’s alleged copying of millions of books in connection with…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Jeff Reed recently participated in panel, sponsored by Strafford, addressing the topic of “SALT and Multinational Businesses: Analyzing State and Local Taxation of Foreign Company Transactions.” The…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
The advent of generative artificial intelligence has given rise to a debate about how this innovative technology will affect intellectual property rights and trade secret protections in particular…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Kilpatrick’s Justin Krieger and Karam J. Saab recently presented at the “23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute” in Westminster, Colorado. This two-day event brings together thought leaders,…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, decisively rejecting the so-called “background circumstances” rule that required majority-group plaintiffs…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
