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Patent Your Trade Secrets In Wake of Noncompete Ban

July 01, 2024

While it may be growing more difficult to protect business information with the FTC's noncompete ban, patents can provide strong protection over technical innovations, regardless of whether the inventor stays with the company or leaves.

New Blockchain Domain Developments for Brand Owners

July 01, 2024

This article explores the issues associated with trademark protection in blockchain domain names and examines new steps and policies that blockchain domain registrars should implement to safeguard brand owners.

5 Ways AI Strengthens Client Relationships and Revenue Generation

July 01, 2024

Maintaining consistent communication with clients can be time-consuming for most law firm professionals. Because balancing this task with other competing responsibilities becomes challenging, the time has never been better for firms to start introducing technology, like AI, to improve their overall business.

It's Not Business Development Or Marketing. It's Business Development And Marketing

July 01, 2024

The common denominator between business development and marketing is the lawyers, who have to be savvy users of both the marketing and business development functions of their firms

Fresh Filings

July 01, 2024

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

Ninth Circuit: Debt In Asset Case Is Nondischargeable If Debtor Fails to Properly Schedule the Debt

July 01, 2024

In a recent published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a previously unresolved question in that circuit: whether a debtor's failure to properly schedule a debt in an "asset case" renders the debt nondischargeable.

Defending Against Extradition to the United States

July 01, 2024

The arm of U.S. extradition law is long. Fortunately, practitioners have defenses at their disposal that they may raise in the requested country's courts to help either limit the scope of prosecution once extradition occurs, or to prevent it altogether.

Real Property Law

July 01, 2024

No Release of Escrow When Questions of Fact Remain About Breach Questions of Fact Remain About Delay In Enforcing Easements Merger Doctrine Bars Buyer's Breach of Contract Claim Partition Claim Premature Without Judicial Investigation Reciprocal Easement Requires Cost-Sharing Secretary of State Not Required to Adopt Inspection Regulations

Key Takeaways from the Latest USPTO Guidance on AI

July 01, 2024

The April Guidance, which supplements prior guidance issued in February, seeks to remind practitioners of existing rules and to educate them on potential risks associated with artificial intelligence tool use, allowing practitioners to mitigate these risks.

Colorado Emerges As Pioneer With Consumer AI Legislation

July 01, 2024

The Colorado AI Act, the first of its kind in the country, aims to reshape AI system deployment and development, setting a precedent for other jurisdictions.

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What Law Firms Need to Know Before Trusting AI Systems with Confidential Information In a profession where confidentiality is paramount, failing to address AI security concerns could have disastrous consequences. It is vital that law firms and those in related industries ask the right questions about AI security to protect their clients and their reputation.
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Pleading Importation: ITC Decisions Highlight Need for Adequate Evidentiary Support
The International Trade Commission is empowered to block the importation into the United States of products that infringe U.S. intellectual property rights, In the past, the ITC generally instituted investigations without questioning the importation allegations in the complaint, however in several recent cases, the ITC declined to institute an investigation as to certain proposed respondents due to inadequate pleading of importation.
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The Binding Effect of Plea Agreements In White Collar Crimes
Federal plea agreements sometimes state explicitly that they are limited to that one office and do not bind other U.S. attorney's offices. In this article, we discuss the circuit courts' competing approaches to interpreting the binding effect of plea agreements and the Department of Justice policy.
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Authentic Communications Today Increase Success for Value-Driven Clients
As the relationship between in-house and outside counsel continues to evolve, lawyers must continue to foster a client-first mindset, offer business-focused solutions, and embrace technology that helps deliver work faster and more efficiently.
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To gauge the level of risk and uncover potential gaps, compliance and privacy leaders should collaborate to consider how often they are monitoring third parties, what intelligence they are gathering with and about their partners and vendors, and whether their risk management practices have been diminished due to cost and resource constraints.
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