3/7/2025 11:52:47 AM USPTO Rescinds Vidal Memo: A Return to Broad PTAB Discretion in Discretionary Denials By Erick Robinson Introduction: A Significant Shift in PTAB Discretionary Denials The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rescinded the...
3/6/2025 8:47:16 PM Coinbase Investor Dismisses Class Action After Ninth Circuit Ruling Requiring Traceability for Securities Act Claims Arising From Direct Listings By Jonathan Richman A Coinbase investor voluntarily dismissed a putative class action against Coinbase arising from shares issued through a direct listing,...
3/4/2025 1:28:32 PM Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Claims Against Decentralized Trading Platform's Owners and Investors By Daniel Sachs On Feb. 26, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a decision dismissing securities...
2/11/2025 8:23:13 PM Ninth Circuit Requires Traceability for Securities Act Claims Arising From Direct Listings By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that purchasers of shares sold to the public through a direct listing...
2/11/2025 5:06:50 PM The Hidden Truth About (Some) Provisional Patent Applications: A Comprehensive Guide for Inventors and Startups By Erick Robinson After years of reviewing thousands of provisional patent applications and digging into countless court decisions as a patent attorney and...
2/6/2025 4:31:27 PM The Art and Science of Diligence in Funded Patent Litigation: A Guide to Selecting Diligence Counsel By Erick Robinson Patent litigation is widely acknowledged as one of the most expensive and complex areas of dispute resolution. With stakes frequently...
2/5/2025 5:26:12 PM Artificial Intelligence, Real Risks: Insurance Coverage That Can Respond to AI-Related Loss and Liability By Daniel Healy Darion Alexander There is no escaping the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to perform daily business tasks across a range of corporate industries....
1/16/2025 3:41:25 PM AI and Confidentiality: Not Mutually Exclusive (But Be Smart, Too!) By Erick Robinson Ever wondered how to harness the power of AI without accidentally spilling your client's secrets all over the internet? If you're a...
1/15/2025 2:09:41 PM Five Risk Factors to Consider for Upcoming 10-Ks By James Bedar John Cushing Philip Flink Joel Todd +1 more... Show less As we begin 2025, many public companies are turning their attention to drafting their annual Form 10-K. A significant portion of the...
12/27/2024 9:13:48 PM Fifth Circuit Reinstates Injunction on CTA Reporting Rule By Rodger Moss Morgan Jones Rachel Moroknek Nicole Baek +1 more... Show less On Dec. 24, 2024, we reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had granted the U.S. government’s emergency motion...
12/24/2024 1:02:00 PM Fifth Circuit Grants Stay on CTA Injunction By Rodger Moss Rachel Moroknek Morgan Jones Nicole Baek +1 more... Show less On Dec. 9, 2024, we reported with an update following the issuance of FinCEN’s guidance on the injunction indicating it would comply so...
12/23/2024 5:37:14 PM The Man Who Claimed to Be the Inventor of Bitcoin Given Suspended Prison Sentence By David Knight We have reported previously...
12/18/2024 3:38:03 PM Rejection of Franchise 'Bundled' Sub-Agreements: Michigan Decision Highlights Key Contract Drafting, Bankruptcy Principles By Tristan Axelrod Sam Wolf One of the most important tools in the Bankruptcy Code is the debtor’s power to reject executory contracts, agreements for which...
12/17/2024 4:26:39 PM UK Government Consults on Challenges Between AI and Creative Industries By David Knight The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office and two U.K. government departments – the Department for Science, Innovation and...
12/12/2024 8:34:35 PM En Banc Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Nasdaq’s Board-Diversity Rules By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of proposed...
12/12/2024 5:24:04 PM And Then There Were None: Supreme Court Dismisses Review of Second Securities Case By Jonathan Richman After having tantalized the securities bar by agreeing to review two Ninth Circuit decisions reversing the dismissals of securities class...
12/10/2024 10:45:31 PM Tips for Recovering Insurance for Your Cyber Losses By Daniel Healy Cyber attacks against U.S. businesses have been on the rise for years. They take numerous forms and lead to a growing breadth of loss...