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Intellectual property considerations for launching new cannabis products

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In part 2 of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Saul Ewing partners Jonathan Havens and Brian Landry discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This session covers...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

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Shifting rules on noncompetes leaves Oregon businesses flustered

Employers in Oregon and across the U.S. are struggling to understand how to respond to recent conflicting decisions around noncompete clauses, which restrict workers from changing jobs in the same industry. Originally...more

Vondran Legal

Copyright Law and BodyCam Video

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I saw this question online and decided to answer it here on my blog.  It raises some very interesting and timely questions about the scope and reach of copyright law in our modern age. Many people want to know, is police...more

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Top 10 Legal Issues in the Cannabis Industry in 2024

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In an industry known for its fast-paced changes, 2024 will be no different for cannabis. For all those with an eye on the industry, the number one question remains, is this the year for rescheduling? The answer is, maybe. And...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 3, April 2024

Using AI to Build Cyber Resilience for Critical Infrastructure - "Cyber resilience serves as a literal survival strategy, offering a framework to detect threats, understand attacks, recover swiftly, and adapt to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Tennessee Law Addresses Proliferation of Deepfakes

Tennessee has enacted the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which aims to protect individuals from the use of their persona in connection with “deepfakes” (i.e., fake content generated by artificial...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The AI Executive Order: What’s Happened and What’s Coming Up… 

Last week, the White House issued an update on President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI EO” or “EO”). The update detailed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Legislature Considers Revised Non-Compete Ban

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more

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Georgia Signals Greater Leeway in Revising Overbroad Non-Competes

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In a recent decision, the Eleventh Circuit seemed to approve a more forgiving standard for reviewing restrictive covenants. Courts generally have three colors in their markup kit for restrictive covenants. The first—and most...more

Clark Hill PLC

Q3 Cannabis Industry Group Newsletter

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Welcome to your quarterly rundown of the latest legal, policy, and market happenings in the cannabis and hemp industry. The Cresco and Columbia Care Fallout: How Credit Monitoring Could Have Prevented It - The Cresco and...more

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New York Lawmakers Propose Banning Noncompete Agreements

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Executive Summary: This month both the New York State (NYS) Senate and the NYS Assembly passed identical bills that effectively ban all noncompete agreements in the state of New York. If signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

New York Inches Closer to Banning Non-Compete Agreements

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The New York State Legislature passed a bill on June 20, 2023, that seeks to prohibit employers from entering into non-compete agreements with their employees (the “Bill”). If signed by Governor Hochul, the Bill will be a sea...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: State NIL Laws Continue to Change

The NIL arms race continues as states amend their name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws to gain a competitive advantage. The new trend is to allow colleges and universities within the state to be more involved in the NIL...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Emerging Issue: AI Governance

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Advancements in Artificial Intelligence have dominated the news recently in fascinating ways. Generative AI chatbots demonstrated seemingly spontaneous responses to test users. Visual artists filed a class action lawsuit to...more

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Growing Consensus that Trade Secret Claims Must Be Pleaded with Particularity in New York and Elsewhere

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Under conventional pleading standards, courts generally allowed plaintiffs to describe their trade secrets with a level of generality when filing a complaint in a trade secret case. It often sufficed for plaintiffs to provide...more

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The Ohio State University’s Federal Trademark Registration for “THE” – Can They Do That?

Graduates of The Ohio State University (“Ohio State”) are familiar with fans and supporters (and sometimes, Michigan fans) placing an emphasis on the “THE” when saying the school’s name. But the United States Patent and...more

White & Case LLP

Federal District Court holds that California's anti reverse payment law is enforceable, but only against settlements "negotiated,...

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In February 2022, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California held that California Assembly Bill 824—which established a first-of-its kind presumption that certain pharmaceutical patent settlements are...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The U.S. Trademark Office Says Δ8-THC Is Illegal -- Usually

The decriminalization of cannabis in some states, and its partial decriminalization at the federal level, has created an explosive market for cannabis itself and the myriad chemicals that compose the plant. The 2018 Farm Bill...more

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Judge Albright Issues Updated Standing Order for Patent Cases

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On October 8, 2021, Judge Alan Albright of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a new standing order governing proceedings for patent cases, which the Court designated as version 3.5 following...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Oregon Legislature Further Limits Employee Non-Competition Agreements, Including Imposing a 12-Month Limit on Duration

Over the last several years, the Oregon Legislature has whittled away employers’ ability to enforce employee non-competition agreements (see our posts from 2007, 2015).  Senate Bill 169, which Governor Brown signed into law...more

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Alabama Becomes 10th State to Enact Name, Image, and Likeness Legislation for Student Athletes

On April 20, 2021, Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed into law a name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill, making Alabama the tenth state to enact such legislation. ...more

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IRPA Claims - A Troubling New Trend?

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In recent weeks, a number of new class actions have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois asserting novel claims under the Illinois Right to Publicity Act (“IRPA”) 765 ILCS 1075/1 et seq....more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Utah Employers’ Ability to Use Non-Competes May Be Substantially Limited

The Utah State Legislature is currently considering legislation that would significantly limit the use of non-compete agreements in Utah.  Senate Bill 46 (SB 46) has passed the Senate and received a favorable recommendation...more

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