Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
Workers compensation and COVID-19
By Keith P. More, Matthew W. Clark
COVID-19, as a widespread infectious disease, is likely to be considered a nonoccupational disease — one that is normally not ...
Securities
SEC’s current leadership rejects yet another Bitcoin ETF with strong dissent for change
By W. Hardy Callcott, Lilya Tessler
On Feb. 26, the SEC disapproved a proposal by the NYSE Arca exchange to list and trade the United States Bitcoin and Treasury ...
We are in the throes of a deadly worldwide pandemic. Make no mistake, COVID-19 is already here. It has a substantial incubatio...
Our state courts are needlessly endangering lives and risking spreading the coronavirus by continuing to require prospective j...
From 9/11 to the Great Recession, our nation and our legal system have faced multiple "nightmare" situations over the last 20 ...
Coping with the coronavirus in the workplace
By Eli M. Kantor, Jonathan D. Kantor
With the global pandemic of the Corona Virus, President Trump has declared a national state of emergency. Employers may have t...
California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Gaga for PAGA? Maybe not so fast?
By Steven B. Katz, Naveen Kabir
The California Supreme Court recently held that an employee could settle and release all of his or her Labor Code claims, and ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property
The unique advantages of early mediation in IP disputes
By Frank Busch
We live in a world where intellectual property is often a company’s most valuable asset, where keeping that property secret i...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
Oracle v Google: APIs are copyrightable
By Marc Lewis
After nearly 10 years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally address the landmark copyright questions posed in Ora...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Arthrex v Smith & Nephew: Is the sky falling, or is it business as usual at the PTAB?
By Pilar Stillwater, Molly A. Jones
A three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit held that the process by which the secretary of Commerce appoints administrative pa...
Criminal, Intellectual Property
Recent criminal enforcement of trade secret protection
By Katherine D. Prescott
Trade secret theft has long been a crime. The Economic Espionage Act prohibits trade secret misappropriation for the benefit o...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
Inaccuracies in copyright registration
By Josepher Li
Copyright claimants beware, accused infringers be aware.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Intellectual Property
AI’s growing impact in health science
By Paul S. Hunter
Artificial intelligence applied to the health sciences refers to the use of complex algorithms to emulate human cognition in t...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
2019 patent litigation year in review
By Richard S.J. Hung, Bita Rahebi
Last year struck many as a quiet year in patent law.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
High court to rule on Lanham Act remedies
By Daniel C. DeCarlo
A vexing problem for trademark litigants has been evaluating when the profits of an infringer are an available remedy. There h...
Intellectual Property
IP issues with emerging automotive and mobility technology
By Brent A. Hawkins, James J. Kritsas
When you unpack a connected vehicle, you will find an astonishing convergence of technologies.
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate
Data privacy: Which laws should I comply with?
By Vito Costanzo
While the European Union has had the benefit of an expansive data protection regulatory framework for four years, the United S...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Serving server farms
By Sarah S. Brooks, Adam W. Kwon
Proper patent venue remains uncertain in 2020.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property
Netflix battle levels up in ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ case
By Dana Brody-Brown
Earlier this month, the federal district court in Vermont denied Netflix’s motion to dismiss a trademark infringement case aga...
Recalibration in an evolving IP environment.
California’s groundbreaking gender parity law for public company boards has now been in effect for its first full year. While ...
Corporate
Does a non-managing member of an LLC owe a fiduciary duty to the other members?
By Bruce Isaacs
Whether or not fiduciary duties arise at all depends upon the structure of the LLC and who, in particular, is designated as th...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor/Employment
New statutes and decisions impact L&E mediations
By Louis M. Marlin
The purpose of this article is not to concentrate on the meaning of new statues and significant wage and hour decisions made i...
Corporate, Tax
The safest income tax plan for a closely held business
By Bruce Givner, Owen Kaye
Income tax planning can be controversial. The most recent IRS “Dirty Dozen” list includes structures designed to reduce your o...
Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court
Are our faithless electors ‘free agents’?
By David G. Post
Who are those “electors,” anyway? And what, exactly, do they do?
Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court
Arguments shed light on justices’ thinking in Seila v. CFPB
By Blaine H. Evanson, Lochlan F. Shelfer
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in one of the most highly anticipated separation-of-powers cases in ...
The virus has infected several hundred thousand people worldwide. As a result of the outbreak, there have been suspensions of ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit denies RLUIPA facial challenge to Riverside zoning ordinance
By Zachary Golda
A recent 9th Circuit decision limits a religious entity’s ability to attack local zoning ordinances by asserting a facial chal...
Criminal
Navigating evidence in CalGang petitions for removal
By Suzy Marinkovich, Benjamin S. Kagel
California’s shared gang intelligence is famous for inaccuracies that have led to serious issues of over-inclusion and calls f...
Constitutional Law, Government
In-camera review of Mueller report is what FOIA is for
By John H. Minan
The Electronic Privacy Foundation Center has sued the U.S. Department of Justice to gain access to an unredacted copy of the M...