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[TOP IP] A ruling by the 9th Circuit in March provides a comprehensive and thorough examination into an internet service provi...

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[TOP IP] Under the leadership of Director Andrei Iancu, the PTO has issued several key guidelines to help determine questions ...

[TOP IP] Over the course of seven days in February 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two decision...

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[TOP IP] This century has seen a marked increase in trade secret disputes. The trend likely will continue in the years ahead. ...

[TOP IP] This article highlights several important topics that may be relevant to attorneys dealing with artificial intelligen...

[TOP IP] There are some significant legal policy issues raised by the emergence of artificial intelligence technology as it pe...

[TOP IP] Because of a dearth of federal cases on federal trade secret law, courts often use the "similarity" between federal a...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a recent case concerning the deference courts give to agencies when interpreting the...

Within the past year, DOJ has objected to proposed class settlements in three consumer cases. These objections demonstrate hei...

It is not enough to be competent with the “black letter” principles. Lawyers will be competent only if they are aware of the ...

It is a paradox of our practice that our clients — all of them law firms and lawyers who routinely advise, protect and defend ...

Maybe. History might provide a helpful clue.

California should adopt a simple, modern approach that recognizes the new ways that Californians memorialize their end-of-life...

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Sometimes, waiving oral argument is what’s best for your client.

As it turns out, President Johnson’s vision of the Great Society was environmentally oriented from the beginning.

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Just about nobody I know can spin a tale, poke fun at life and captivate his audience as well as Dick Carroll.

After a string of high-profile Supreme Court defeats, the SEC finally won one, and it will have ramifications.

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