5/1/2025 2:34:46 PM [2025] UKUT 00124 (TCC) George Mantides Limited v HMRC: Further Ammunition for HMRC in Its Battle Against Self-Employment in Healthcare? By Matthew Sharp One of the unusual aspects of the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) decision in Mantides (which was the subject of this appeal to the Upper...
4/9/2025 5:32:36 PM Fourth Circuit Holds That Short-Seller Report Does Not Establish Loss Causation for Securities Claims By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action for failure to plead loss...
3/20/2025 3:23:06 PM Navigating the Post‑Kroy PTAB Landscape: Strategic Guidelines for Patent Owners By Erick Robinson The Federal Circuit’s Feb. 10, 2025 decision in Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon, Inc. fundamentally shifts the interplay between...
3/19/2025 3:33:14 PM Takeaways from Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence: AI Litigation Risks and Insurance Solutions By Daniel Healy Ryan Cappuzzello More than 25 lawsuits brought by copyright holders against AI companies are currently pending in federal court.[1] These copyright...
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...
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...
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...