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1/9/2025 9:12:00 PM FAQs: Wine Industry Intellectual Property Protection By Nate Garhart MaryJo Lopez-Oneal For wineries, managing intellectual property (IP) is crucial to maintaining brand identity and protecting creative investments. While...
12/5/2024 6:39:00 PM Nationwide Injunction Halts Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement By Greg LeSaint Kalei Akiona A recent federal court decision eliminates the present need for any person or company to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...
11/22/2024 7:13:00 PM Defense Insights As PFAS Consumer Product Claims Rise By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman If the first two waves of PFAS litigation focused on impacts to natural resources—namely groundwater—and personal injury claims alleging...
11/1/2024 4:57:00 PM The Federal Circuit Clarifies Who Can Be an Expert in Patent Cases By Jim Day Raven Quesenberry In September 2024, the Federal Circuit clarified the necessary qualifications for a technical expert to testify in a patent lawsuit,...
10/10/2024 10:47:00 PM New Wildfire Rules Aim To Ignite Coverage in High-Risk Areas By Shanti Eagle Download a PDF of this piece Sept. 21, 2024 marked the one-year anniversary of Governor Newsom’s executive order directing the Department...
9/24/2024 9:02:00 PM 4 Things HR Needs To Know Today About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act By Rebecca Stephens In 2023, the U.S. Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), and this summer, the Equal Employment Opportunity...
7/31/2024 12:00:00 AM What Have We Learned From the First Six Months Under the New Federal Rule of Evidence 702? By Dan Callaway Tim Horgan-Kobelski Download a PDF of this piece As patent practitioners know, Daubert motions can be some of the most hotly contested and pivotal motions in...
6/7/2024 11:29:00 PM How to Navigate California Wage Statement Penalties After Naranjo v. Spectrum By Holly Sutton Kevin Jones On May 6, 2024, the California Supreme Court, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services Inc., clarified that an employer is not liable for...
6/1/2024 8:24:00 PM 7 Ways Companies and Content Creators Can Navigate Copyright Law for a Successful Partnership By Sushila Chanana Tom Pardini In recent years, the advent of the social media “influencer” has revolutionized advertising. Companies often partner with influencers to...