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The Time to Improve Administrative Performance Is Now
July 01, 2019
This article focuses on what a firm can do now that will improve future firm economics regardless of what the future may hold. It identifies three areas that offer the great opportunity for improving a law firms' economics and better positioning them for whatever the future may bring.
Takeaways from the Recent Qualcomm Decision
July 01, 2019
The DOJ's intervention, and the judge's ultimate decision, has exposed tensions between the DOJ and FTC, and within the FTC itself, and public scrutiny is far from over as the case heads to the Ninth Circuit on appeal.
Reflections on Potential Legislative Reform of the Patent Eligibility Standard
July 01, 2019
In the last five years, the courts have instead began wading into policy setting without the tools and resources to fully consider all the issues and various interests. Thus, the recent congressional efforts to consider these questions is welcome and, frankly, overdue.
States Not Immune from PTAB Proceedings, Federal Circuit Rules
July 01, 2019
Fifteen states had argued that they and their public universities shouldn't have to expose their patents to validity review at the patent trial and appeal board.
IP News
July 01, 2019
Federal Circuit Finds District Court Erred in Analysis of Motivation to Combine Prior Art References, Yet Affirms Ultimate Conclusion of Non-obviousness Due to the Lack of a Reasonable Expectation of Success<br>Federal Circuit Rules that Issue Preclusion Bars a Party from Arguing in an Appeal of an Inter Partes Review Decision an Issue Previously Decided in Another Inter Partes Review Proceeding that Was Not Appealed
5 Quick and Easy Ways to Hack Your Business Development
July 01, 2019
The most popular justification for avoiding business-development activities is a lack of time. There are, however, a number of strategies that will allow you to execute and produce results in minutes — or even seconds.
How Changes In Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute Affects Entertainment Industry
July 01, 2019
Approximately 30 states have enacted anti-SLAPP statutes, which are intended to deter lawsuits that impede the right to free speech and other related activities. New statutory language in Texas's anti-SLAPP statute specifically protects those in the entertainment and media industries, and such explicit reference should prove comfort to content creators and publishers.
Clients Drive Information Governance: Business Benefits Flow to Firm
July 01, 2019
Information governance and the protection of corporate data are top concerns for law firms. To ensure standards are met, some clients are now tying payment to compliance with Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG).
Legal Tech: How E-Discovery Trends Are Reshaping E-Discovery Teams
July 01, 2019
E-discovery, as an industry, is once again at an inflection point. What are the big trends that are exerting pressure on e-discovery teams today — and more importantly, what will an effective e-discovery team look like in the coming years?
A Primer on Insurance for Music Festivals
July 01, 2019
From a risk management perspective, festivals now run the gamut on potential liabilities that include collapsed stages, cancelled performances, severe weather, terrorism, alcohol liability, patron bodily harm and death, product liability and breach of contract claims. In essence, music festivals have become a microcosm of live entertainment-related liability exposures.

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