Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Jordan Goodman recently presented a “2025 SALT Summer Update” in association with AGN International - a worldwide association of separate and independent accounting and advisory businesses who…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
At a recent Association of Corporate Counsel (Charlotte Chapter) event, Kilpatrick’s Mikail Clark presented on the topic of “Navigating Operating Agreements: Material Terms and Best Practices.”…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Taxation
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA) into law. While earlier versions of the bill mirrored broader frameworks like the EU AI Act, the final version scales back many…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
A federal court in Illinois has dismissed a class action suit filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), finding that Hyundai did not “collect, capture, or otherwise obtain” biometric data by use of its…
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/ Civil Procedure, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a significant win for the defense, a California federal judge denied class certification in a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) suit alleging that AddShoppers and Peet’s Coffee unlawfully tracked website visitors…
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/ Civil Procedure, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Minnesota was the fifth state to enact an Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) law, following California, Colorado, Oregon, and Maine. Sharing many foundational principles with the EPR laws in these other states, your…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Environmental Law
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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/ Taxation
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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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Law Practice Products & Services
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