Feb 27, 2023 Copyright Office Rules That AI-Generated Work Is Ineligible for Copyright: Lack of Predictable Output to Prompts Precludes Authorship By Harold Laidlaw The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued a decision, in a letter to counsel for artist Kristina Kashtanova, that the AI-generated images...
Feb 23, 2023 US Supreme Court Reaffirms That Being Highly Paid Does Not Make an Employee ‘Exempt’ By Shlomo Katz Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and many equivalent state laws, an employee who is “exempt” is not entitled to extra...
Feb 17, 2023 In OC Lawyer Magazine, Partner Hailey Lennon and Associate Ivan Chaykovskiy Examine Challenges of Crypto Regulation By Hailey Lennon Ivan Chaykovisky Partner Hailey Lennon and Associate Ivan Chaykovskiy co-authored an article published in the February issue of the Orange County Lawyer...
Feb 17, 2023 EPA to Take Aim at PFAS Regulation By Doug Cohen The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest regulatory agenda indicates that the agency will shortly propose to regulate Per-...
Feb 13, 2023 Jury Returns Verdict in MetaBirkin Case, Finding Infringement By Daniel Healy After roughly three days of deliberations, the jury in the Hermes International et al v. Rothschild found that the defendant had...
Feb 08, 2023 California Makes Significant Changes to the California Franchise Investment Law and Franchise Relations Act By Sam Wolf California Assembly Bill 676, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sept. 29, 2022, makes significant changes to California franchising law. The...
Feb 07, 2023 NFTs for the Sake of Art or Profit: What Will Matter for Trademark Infringement By Daniel Healy A current case thrusting NFTs (non-fungible tokens) into the forefront of trademark law involves a defendant arguing that his right to...