By: Claire Marblestone , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization 1 has impacted access to abortion in the United States. In light of the Court’s decision, which returned...
By: Belinda J. Scrimenti , Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP Digital technology has led to innovative advertising and marketing. Brand owners are increasingly using the technology to create and protect new forms of trademarks, consisting...
By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas D. Goslin , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Climate change is arguably the most high-profile and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every nation have acknowledged...
By: Sunil Shenoi , Erica Williams , Brian Kavanaugh , Gianni Cutri , and Lauren Casazza , Kirkland & Ellis LLP This article provides companies with key issues to consider before, during, and after a ransomware attack. Recently, there have been a number of...
By: Aravind Swaminathan , David T. Cohen , Rochelle Swartz , and Nicholas Farnsworth Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Illinois heightens the risks faced by companies collecting biometric information by... A recent...
By: Kimbely Metzger , Ice Miller. Medical identity theft, and incomplete patient disclosure due to cybersecurity concerns, can be dangerous—even deadly—to individuals and can compromise community wellness. Breaches of health information can have serious...
By: Sarah Ligon Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP A 17-year-old bet his high school programming club that artificial intelligence (AI) could outperform human beings. To prove it, Robbie Barrat developed a program that could write its...
By: Eric B. Levine, LINDABURY, MCCORMICK, ESTABROOK & COOPER, P.C. This article discusses several key considerations for evaluating cybersecurity and data privacy practices when counseling owners of commercial real estate (CRE). THE ARTICLE ALSO DETAILS...
By: Korey Clark FOR-PROFIT RIDESHARING, OFFERING PASSENGERS RIDES for money, and carsharing, renting cars for short periods of time, have both been around for decades, really catching on only recently in their smartphone app-based iterations. But while the modern...
By: Reb Wheeler , Mayer Brown LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Mergers & Acquisitions > M&A by Industry > Life Sciences M&A THE LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST active sectors for mergers and acquisitions in recent years...
By: Robert N. Rapp , Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Securities & Capital Markets > State Securities Regulations – Blue Sky Laws> Blue Sky Laws > Practice Notes > “Regulation A-Plus” Limited...
By: Breia L. Schleuss and Rachael Dettmann Spiegel, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FSMA) REPRESENTS one of the most sweeping and substantial changes to U.S. food safety laws in over 70 years. After years of delays in publishing final...
By: Jessica L. Kerner IN 2007, A HOTEL ROOM SHORTAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO prompted two roommates to create a website to rent out air mattresses in their apartment. Less than eight years later, the company they founded, Airbnb, has been valued at more than $25 billion...
By: Geoffrey H. Wold As cyber criminals become more sophisticated in their efforts to target cyber victims, organizations must also grow their capabilities to successfully combat and defeat them. The evolving nature of Internet crime presents a unique set of...
By: James B. Astrachan and Christoper J. Lyon , Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C. IN JUNE 2001, THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA REMARKED , “It would be foolish to contend that the degree of privacy secured to citizens by the Fourth Amendment has been entirely...