19 Nov, 2024 Franchisor’s Liability Under CFIL Not Barred From Insurance Coverage By Daniel Healy Sam Wolf Franchise insurance is a critical tool designed to protect both franchisors and their principals from numerous risks and liabilities. A...
20 Nov, 2024 It's 2024! Do You Know Who's Exempt? By Shlomo Katz You definitely can be forgiven if you don't know the minimum salary level for exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Let me...
06 Nov, 2024 Nine Months for Large Corporates to Update Their Systems and Controls: UK Government Publishes Guidance on Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence By Paul Feldberg Martha Baselga Chloë Kealey Menelaos Karampetsos Daniel Sachs +2 more... Show less The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 created a new failure to prevent fraud offence in the U.K. under which...
27 Sep, 2024 US Department of Justice Wants Data-Savvy Compliance Departments and Additional Protection for Whistleblowers By Paul Feldberg Daniel Sachs Martha Baselga In September 2024, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced changes in how it evaluates corporate compliance programs. [1] Of...
26 Sep, 2024 Legal Ethics and AI: Embrace It, but With Caution By Sage Revell On Sept. 19, Brown Rudnick hosted its inaugural conference on “The Future of AI,” which brought together industry experts and legal...
25 Sep, 2024 DOJ Wants Data-Savvy Compliance Departments By Daniel Sachs In a Sept. 23, 2024, speech, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri announced changes in how the U.S. Department...
23 Sep, 2024 My Word Is My Bond: Russian Energy Company Must Arbitrate Against German Bank in Paris By Derval Walsh On 18 September 2024, the U.K. Supreme Court handed down judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH (Respondent) v. RusChemAlliance LLC (Appellant)...
26 Aug, 2024 Tracking Trouble: Navigating the Legal Minefield of Pixels and Privacy in the Age of CIPA By Morgan Jones Edward Naughton For the better part of a year now, companies have been suffering from an epidemic in the form of a wave of suits, demands, and requests...
22 Aug, 2024 Court Invalidates FTC’s Noncompete Rule By Kevin Brown Emery Lyon Shlomo Katz Sam Wolf Rodger Moss Nicole Baek +3 more... Show less On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule (FTC Rule) banning almost all noncompete agreements. The rule...
29 Jul, 2024 Brown Rudnick Trade Alert: France By Louisa Watt Iden Asl Imogen Wilson “What a week! What Games! This is France!” exclaimed President Emmanuel Macron on the opening night of the Paris Olympic Games. After the...
29 Jul, 2024 AI Implemented Invention for Making Music Recommenations Not Patentable By David Knight On July 19, 2024, the U.K. Court of Appeal rejected a patent application by Emotional Perception AI Limited (EPL), essentially because...
29 Jul, 2024 Courts Divided on FTC Noncompete Ban By Kevin Brown Emery Lyon Shlomo Katz Sam Wolf Rodger Moss +2 more... Show less On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning almost all noncompete agreements. The rule is currently...
20 Jul, 2024 Crisis Management Tips: Navigating the Legal Ramifications of the Global Microsoft Outage By Daniel Healy On Friday, July 19, businesses large and small around the globe experienced prolonged interruptions in their computer systems. Reports...
18 Jul, 2024 Can AI Be Used to Resolve Textual Ambiguity in Court Cases? By Stephen Palley Sharix Alicea “The imperfect is our paradise.Note that, in this bitterness, delight,Since the imperfect is so hot in us,Lies in flawed words and...
17 Jul, 2024 In the Trademark Lawyer: Protecting Voices and Likeness in the Era of AI By Ian DiBernardo Marcus Strong In an article for The Trademark Lawyer Magazine, partner Ian DiBernardo and associate Marcus Strong evaluate the infringement of voice...
16 Jul, 2024 Brown Rudnick’s M&A Litigation Team’s Success Provides a Guide for Limiting the Scope of Claims in a Post-Closing Earnout Dispute By Anthony Boccamazzo Dylan Kletter In a recent case, Brown Rudnick’s M&A Litigation team successfully dismissed claims brought by a seller concerning allegations that the...
15 Jul, 2024 Partner Sage Revell Shares Insights From FemTech Panel Discussion in Financier Worldwide Magazine By Sage Revell In an article for the August edition of Financier Worldwide Magazine, partner Sage Revell shares some key takeaways from a panel...