17 Apr, 2024 Interesting challenge to US bribery statute with FCPA implications By David Simon FCPA lawyers and compliance professionals spend an inordinate amount of time monitoring corporate gift, meal and entertainment...
16 Apr, 2024 American Privacy Rights Act Unveiled: Applies to More Entities Than Any Current State Privacy Law By Steve Millendorf The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was unveiled on April 7, 2024 and has a long way to go before becoming law. But if it does become...
12 Apr, 2024 IPR Filings on Sustained Upward Trajectory By Roberto Fernandez A recent report from patent data powerhouse RPX Corp. shows that inter partes review (IPR) filings have increased significantly over the...
05 Apr, 2024 Understanding Austin's Proposed Zoning Changes (Part 1): Compatibility Regulations By Tyler Johnson The City of Austin for a while now has been considering changes to compatibility zoning regulations to hopefully address housing issues...
04 Apr, 2024 U.S. Patent Office Punishes Applicants For Long Examinations By Paul Hunter The new fee proposals from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office have one thing in common: encouraging applicants to have quick examinations...
04 Apr, 2024 SEC Stays New Climate Disclosure Rules By Michael Kirwan Just as securities lawyers and public company compliance departments finished reading 800 plus pages of an adopting release and...
04 Apr, 2024 Real Estate Development: Reassess Some Basic Risks as a Developer, Contractor, or Investor By Tyler Johnson This article in Construction Business Owner is a timely reminder to reassess the risks that you face in the real estate development...
02 Apr, 2024 3D Printing Patent Trends Show Growth in Surprising Areas By Roberto Fernandez The EPO published a study showing that 3D printing is a white hot area in patent filings. The study found that “between 2013 and 2020,...
23 Mar, 2024 Keep the Faith and Carry On By Alidad Vakili As Q1 2024 is coming to an end, there is still some uncertainty about what 2024, especially for the startup ecosystem. Is there light at...
15 Mar, 2024 Is Prompt Engineering a Passing Fad or Will It Become a Permanent Fixture? By Austin Kim Since the emergence of ChatGPT in fall 2022, prompt engineering has become a widespread practice, with guides and advice proliferating...
11 Mar, 2024 European Commission's Use of Microsoft 365 Violates GDPR By Steve Millendorf You know it's bad when an entity you authorized says you violated the law that you helped enact. The European Data Protection Supervisor...
08 Mar, 2024 DOJ Announces New Bounty Program for Whistleblowers By David Simon Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Monaco announced a plan to develop and implement a DOJ whistleblower reward program. According to...
04 Mar, 2024 All sound and fury, signifying nothing By Patrick Daugherty About SEC v. Wahi: A win by default isn't much of a "win." Judge Lin misstated the core holding of SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. because she...
27 Feb, 2024 International Coalition of Government Cybersecurity Agencies Jointly Release Advisory on Russia Foreign Intelligence Service Hacking Activities By Steve Millendorf The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and other international agencies responsible for cybersecurity released a joint...
21 Feb, 2024 KPMG Patents its AI Tool for Transfer Pricing By Paul Hunter KPMG claims that its recently-obtained patent (U.S. Patent 11,720,842) enhances the historically tedious and error-prone transfer pricing...
13 Feb, 2024 Bacteria killing viruses spur innovation of superbug infection therapies By Oyvind Dahle The moving story of a scientist saving her husband from a deadly drug-resistant superbug memorialized in “The Perfect Predator: A...