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...
12/27/2024 11:30:02 PM IRS Releases Final Broker Reporting Regulations for DeFi By David Forst Sean McElroy Matthew Dimon The IRS released final broker reporting regulations for DeFi transactions on December 27, 2024, effective starting January 1, 2027. The...
12/13/2024 12:21:50 AM The EU Updates its Products Liability Directive to Include AI By Zach Harned On Dec. 8, the European Union (EU) updated its Product Liability Directive (PLD) to, inter alia, specifically address AI software. This...
11/18/2024 9:37:26 PM Update on New USPTO Rules for Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board By Jennifer Bush The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has implemented three new rules impacting practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...
10/2/2024 4:00:54 PM Understanding the Significant Changes in Vidal's Final Rule on Director Review By Jennifer Bush The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, Kathi Vidal, released a final rule on Director Review effective October 31, which expands...
9/19/2024 3:30:21 PM USPTO Issues New Rules Governing MTA Practice and Procedures at PTAB By Jennifer Bush The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced new rules governing amendment practice in trial proceedings under the...
9/11/2024 5:05:03 PM Federal Circuit Lays Out When Expert Witnesses in Patent Litigation Must Have Required Expertise By Jennifer Bush In patent litigation, expert witnesses play a crucial role in providing specialized knowledge to the court. In a recent case where Osseo...
9/9/2024 2:01:23 PM The Interplay of Appeals to the Federal Circuit from Both District Court and the PTAB By Jennifer Bush The recent case involving United Therapeutics' patent on Tyvaso and Liquidia's Yutrepia sheds light on the complexities of patent law....
9/4/2024 7:42:27 PM En banc Hearing Petition Filed on Recent Fed. Circ. Collateral Estoppel Decision By Jennifer Bush The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked debate following a recent ruling on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB)...
8/19/2024 2:00:23 PM Courts Wrestle over FTC's Noncompete Ban By Merritt Steele The Federal Trade Commission's controversial ban on noncompete agreements is getting competing receptions in federal court. A...
7/3/2024 10:22:25 PM U.S. Federal Agencies Under Fire? By Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the long-standing Chevron test in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The Chevron test gave...
6/24/2024 9:56:45 PM Judge Alan D. Albright Authors First Federal Circuit Opinion By Jennifer Bush Judge Alan D. Albright, sitting by designation at the Federal Circuit, penned his inaugural appellate decision in Apple v. Omni MedSci on...