The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had a busy summer in 2024. Businesses and individuals with AI and software-based inventions paid particularly close attention to the agency when, in July, it released updated guidance on how…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Companies Announce Digital Asset Payment Networks -
The issuer of the USDC stablecoin recently published a white paper outlining its plans to launch “CPN,” a new payments network that aims to “bring[] financial institutions…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session…
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/ Elections & Politics, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
As we previously reported, in February, the CFTC’s DOE issued an enforcement advisory (the DOE Advisory) to provide guidance to market participants on how the DOE will evaluate a company’s or an individual’s conduct in the…
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/ Securities Law
As addressed in a prior post, one often-forgotten consideration in many mergers and acquisitions is the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act), which generally requires covered employers to…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Another year, another celebration of intellectual property (IP) on World IP Day. This time, the World Intellectual Property Organization is focusing on IP and music:
World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Email marketers will want to take note of a recent Washington State Supreme Court opinion interpreting what constitutes a subject line that is “false or misleading” under Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA)…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
USCIS’ new registration requirement, which went into effect on April 11, principally applies to foreign nationals who enter the United States and are not issued an I-94 record or other acceptable form of registration…
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/ Immigration Law
U.S. Digital Asset Companies Announce New Product Launches -
A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced that certain customers can now trade “over 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, bringing equities and digital…
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/ Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law, Taxation
Consider trade secret enforcement your armor on the battlefields of IP. Given greater exposure to cybersecurity breaches and data theft, a murky future for employee noncompete agreements, AI algorithms that challenge the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In this episode, Amy Ralph Mudge and Daniel Kaufman from BakerHostetler's Advertising, Marketing, and Digital Media team discuss the importance of consumer perception surveys. These surveys help businesses understand how…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
On April 14, the Seventh Circuit in United States v. Sorensen issued a decision reversing a jury conviction and narrowing the scope of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) as applied to marketers and advertisers…
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/ Criminal Law, Health
And we’re back with more NAD drama! You may remember that earlier this year, we blogged about a case where the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureau found that disclosures @Revolve and the #revolveme…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
Buyers and sellers that are parties to an M&A transaction should carefully consider whether the risks associated with tariffs that have already been imposed or that may be imposed in the future may significantly impact the…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Data Security Program (DSP) recently implemented by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will have far-reaching implications for many businesses that transfer the personal data of U.S. citizens outside the United States…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
