Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to generate content closely resembling human output present issues with respect to IP ownership. Maybe you have asked ChatGPT to create a flashy advertisement or write some code...more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In a recent webinar co-hosted by 4thly and Foley & Lardner LLP, lawyers Natasha Allen and Louis Lehot engaged in a thought-provoking discussion with 4thly’s Bret Waters...more
Japanese heavy-industries companies that typically act as contractors or suppliers on projects are increasingly invited to contribute as equity investors in the projects they construct or supply major equipment to, thereby...more
According to recent data, nearly 60% of employees are either using or about to use AI in the workplace. However, just over 20% of employers actually have policies around its use. Company leaders and boards are asking the...more
As artificial intelligence and machine learning (collectively “AI”) models continue to develop, become more sophisticated, and generate significant media coverage, companies are increasingly considering the integration of AI...more
Social media accounts are increasingly a crucial component of corporate marketing, allowing businesses to build brand awareness, reach new audiences, create and maintain relationships with customers and track the market’s...more
More frequently over recent years, federal courts have wrestled with the constitutionality of a state’s requirement under its cannabis regulations that ownership of a cannabis company be majority owned (or some other...more
A Treasury regulation provides that a researcher performing technological research for its customer is not entitled to federal income tax credits for the cost of the research if the researcher does not retain substantial...more
Court rules that Earn Account Cryptocurrency is owned by Debtors and will not be returned - In our latest Bitblog update regarding the Celsius Network LLC, et al. (the “Debtors”) bankruptcy proceeding (Case No. Number:...more
The “crypto winter” of 2022 brought a bear market and a recent wave of bankruptcies to the crypto industry, leaving some retail customers of crypto exchanges frozen out of their accounts. As the bankruptcy filings mounted...more
In a decision of first impression regarding whether certain digital assets are property of a bankrupt debtor’s estate (attached here), Chief Judge Martin Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule last week, officially transferring the responsibility for certification of veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses...more
This seems to be the season for oil patch courts to return property to its rightful owners. Last week it was a regulatory taking by the City of Dallas. This week it is Northwest Landowners Association v. State of North...more
Claim to excess funds in foreclosure- In this appeal, the Eighth Appellate District considered who is entitled to excess sale proceeds; another mortgagee (who never appeared or answered in the case) or the borrower? Here,...more
On July 6, the SBA issued a proposed rule that would implement Section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 establishing a government-wide certification process for Veteran Owned Small Businesses...more
In 2008, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery — one of the many intellectual giants and gifted writers who’ve occupied seats on that bench — published an article in the Delaware Journal of...more
On December 7, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or “Proposed Rule”) to implement the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions of the...more
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that the functions of its Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) will be fully transferred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on January 1, 2023....more
Several decisions of interest were issued in the 2020 term, which stretched from October 2020 until early July 2021. This review will concentrate on environmental and administrative law cases....more
On July 1, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice announcing that the deadlines for comments and reply comments in response to the Media Bureau’s request that interested parties update the...more
On June 4, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record in its pending 2018 Quadrennial Review proceeding. Comments are due 30...more
On June 4, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) Media Bureau formally implemented changes to the Commission’s media ownership rules as required to effectuate the recent decision by the U.S....more
On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC, or the Commission) in its appeal of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in FCC v. Prometheus Radio...more
Turns out, some things are simpler than you think. Few rules in the Code of Federal Regulations have as tortured a history as 47 CFR § 73.3555—the broadcast multiple ownership rules....more
On Thursday, April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that vacated deregulatory changes to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) media...more