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Does President Trump's Emergency Declarations Trigger California Price Controls?
As discussed in yesterday's post, California's anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, is triggered upon the ...
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A Lynk to the Past: Published Applications Are Prior Art as of Filing Date
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision finding challenged claims invalid based on a published patent application that, in an inter ...
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Tenth Circuit Clarifies When the Door for Individual Liability Under the FMLA Is Opened
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in Walkingstick Dixon v. Oklahoma Regional University System Board of Regents that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ...
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EU Council Adopts European Health Data Space Regulation
On January 21, 2025, the Council of the EU adopted the European Health Data Space Regulation (the “EHDS Regulation”). The EHDS Regulation aims at making cross-border exchange and access to EU health ...
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Mr. Robot Goes To Washington: The Shifting Federal AI Landscape Under the Second Trump Administration
President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, has already resulted in significant changes to federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy, marking a departure from the regulatory frameworks ...
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New Jersey Appellate Court Rejects Bid Protest: Archeologist Not Required to Be Registered under Public Works Contractor Registration Act
We recently blogged about New Jersey’s bid protest requirements for procurements solicited under the New Jersey Division of Purchase and Property (DPP) here. As we noted, public procurements by local ...
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HIPAA Security Rule Updates: New Business for Business Associates
Bradley has launched a multipart blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) ...
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Battle of the Oranges: U-Haul vs. Public Storage in a Trademark Showdown Over the Color Orange
To be eligible for trademark registration, a color must have acquired distinctiveness and must not be functional. Recently, the Federal Circuit discussed the importance that a color mark not ...
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Complex or Not Written Description Is Evaluated Against Claims
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling of invalidity for lack of written description, finding that the district court erred in its analysis of written ...
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When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider ...
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New York State Proposes Bill That Would Place Restrictions Noncompetes and Other Restrictive Covenants
With the Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete ban essentially dead, state legislatures, as expected, are taking restrictive covenant lawmaking into their own hands.
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New Administration Puts DEI Programs On Notice
President Trump’s first full day in office, he issued an Executive Order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and ...