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Patent Reform Bill Passes Senate
The America Invents Act, S. 23, passed the Senate on a 95-5 vote, sending it to the House for consideration. The bill represents the first major change in U.S. patent law since the 1950s, and enjoys broad bipartisan support from legislators as well as the White House and USPTO Director David Kappos. Major features of the Senate bill include transitioning from a first-to-invent to first-to-file system; allowing the USPTO to set its own fees and keep the fees it generates; and changing the post-grant review process. The two fee-related measures, allowing the USPTO to set its own fees and keep any excess fees it generates, are designed to reduce the enormous current backlog of unexamined patent applications.
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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
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How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.