September 19, 2024 Comments are due by October 7, 2024. Industry Group Leader Associate On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations
After slow deal flow last year, 2024 was expected to bring a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions as inflation eased and financing improved. In the first half of this year, transactions in the U.S. increased 6% over the same…
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/ Elections & Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
On September 12, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that declared the City of Sammamish––and all other municipalities enumerated under Revised Code of Washington 8.12.030––does not lose its…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small business programs, including the 8(a) Program…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
Comments are due by October 7, 2024.
On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small business…
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/ Business Organizations, Government Contracting
Parkervision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1755, 2024-2221 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2024)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit weighed in again on a 13-year-old patent dispute concerning Qualcomm’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1884, -1886 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)
In its only precedential patent decision last week, the Federal Circuit brought to a close a long-running dispute…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Did you know that as soon as your child turns 18, you lose automatic access to their health, school, and financial information?
When a child turns 18 and becomes a legal adult, it’s a momentous occasion—filled with…
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/ Family Law, Health, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On August 5, 2024, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, demonstrated the difficulty for property owners to challenge a local government’s decision to pass the cost of city improvements to them. In SHG Garage SPE et al…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Realtime Adaptive Streaming L.L.C. v. Sling TV, L.L.C., Appeal No. 2023-1035 (Fed. Cir. August 23, 2024)
In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit helped clarify which facts may be considered…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would make significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program, as well as modifications to other small business…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment and found the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., Appeal No. 2024-1061 (Fed. Cir. August 13, 2024)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit clarifies rules relating to when an applicant’s patent can be used…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On August 5, 2024, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, demonstrated the difficulty for property owners to challenge a local government’s decision to pass the cost of city improvements to them. In SHG Garage SPE et al…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Ltd., Appeal No. 2022-2216 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 6, 2024)
In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit confirmed the invalidity of all claims of two asserted patents as…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
