1/29/2025 7:19:30 PM Navigating the Massive Impact Changes to Telework Policies Would Have at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office By Matthew Damm Jennifer Bush The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) faces unique challenges amid discussions on altering telework policies. With 96% of its...
1/29/2025 5:49:00 PM SEC rescinds SAB 121—What it Means for Financial Institutions and Crypto Exchanges By Ran Ben-Tzur Kevin Kirby Matthew Dimon Hector Velez +1 more... Show less What You Need to Know Controversial Securities and Exchange Commission accounting guidance known as SAB 121 has been rescinded. SAB 121...
1/28/2025 8:12:39 PM SEC Approves Nasdaq Proposal to Remove Board Diversity Rules By Wendy Grasso The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as expected, has approved Nasdaq's recent proposal to remove the board diversity rule from...
1/23/2025 4:14:41 PM Nasdaq Proposes Eliminating Board Diversity Disclosure Rule By Wendy Grasso Last week, Nasdaq filed a proposed rules change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove the board diversity rule from...
1/22/2025 9:25:06 PM Fenwick Takes Home Double Win: Named Law360 ‘Practice Group of the Year’ for Tech and Life Sciences By Fenwick . Underscoring the exceptional value of a firm that’s purpose-built for tech and life sciences, Law360 named Fenwick a 2024 Practice Group...
1/22/2025 8:35:32 PM COPPA’s Coming of Age: Key Compliance Changes in FTC’s Final Rule By Tyler Newby Ana Razmazma Alyona Eidinger On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule...
1/17/2025 8:43:36 PM Study Suggests That Investors View ESG as a Luxury Item By Wendy Grasso Stanford Business recently posted an interesting article describing the results of a three-year study conducted to analyze American...
1/17/2025 5:10:26 PM Judge Finds American Airlines Breached its Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty by Allowing Investment Manager to Prioritize ESG Goals with 401(k) Plan Assets By Wendy Grasso On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas found that American Airlines and its employee benefit...
1/16/2025 4:38:15 PM FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Rule By Wendy Grasso In yet another example of the United States' federal pull back on climate change disclosure laws, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory...
1/16/2025 3:22:09 PM U.S. Supreme Court Allows Honolulu's Lawsuit Against Oil and Gas Companies to Proceed in State Court By Wendy Grasso On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from certain major oil and gas companies to dismiss a lawsuit...
1/15/2025 5:40:35 PM Tilbury Battles Beauty Dupes with Marketing Savvy—But IP Still Matters By Shannon Turner Charlotte Tilbury is responding to the growing trend of beauty copycats, or dupes, with a sharp focus on marketing. Last month,...
1/13/2025 7:17:50 PM 2024 Digital Health Recap: Early-Stage Momentum and 'Goliath' Moves By Michael Esquivel As we kick off 2025, it's worth reflecting on the forces that shaped digital health in 2024. From early-stage innovation capturing...