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Ballard Spahr LLP

U.K. Supreme Court Rules No Patent for AI Inventor

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The U.K. Supreme Court has followed the lead of U.S. courts and denied patent rights to an artificial intelligence (AI) system. The case demonstrates a global trend in the current patent law regime to deny inventorship to AI...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Jury Verdict Clarifies “Adequate Procedures” Under UK Bribery Act

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

There’s no debate: freedom of speech presents challenging legal issues for workers and employers in the age of social media

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John Pueschel, partner in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Bond Dickinson, examines the limits on employee free speech and use of social media against the background of recent events at Google and in Charlottesville....more

K&L Gates LLP

SFO v Standard Bank plc - The U.K.'s First DPA, an Unusual Set of Facts?

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On 30 November 2015 the first UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) agreed in the UK was approved. It was also the first time a company was sanctioned under Section 7 of the Bribery Act. Standard Bank plc (Standard Bank),...more

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