Companies are making investments, transacting in real estate, and using digital assets and nonfungible tokens, all inside metaverse virtual worlds. The lack of regulations in the metaverse and the ability to operate from any location, puts real world...

Before filing your inter partes review (IPR) petition with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or the Board), make sure it complies with the Board's requirements and avoid the top 10 petition errors. Also, address any relevant Fintiv factors in...

Check out our new state question and answer sets discussing prohibitions on disclosing personal data, such as social security numbers, motor vehicle records and accident reports, financial, voter, medical, and insurance information, and victims’...

Innovation Makes Valuable, Historic Maps Accessible for web-based viewing Alliance with University of Maryland creates easy access to over 56,000 maps from the 18th Century to Today June 13, 2007 — New York, NY, June 13, 2007 - LexisNexis today...

Newly formed companies in the United States, defined as a reporting company, must file reports to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Treasury Department on the companies’ beneficial owners. Understand the reporting requirements...

We want to introduce you to our latest state law survey: the Litigation Technology Competence State Law Survey! We summarized how each of the 50 states and D.C. have or have not formally adopted Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1:1, Comment 8, regarding...

Landlords facing a challenging rental market might want to offer expansion rights in leases. These rights make properties more attractive to tenants because of the option to adjust their rental space to the changing market and their business needs. Take...

Financial institutions, money service businesses, and money transmitters are increasingly engaging in virtual currency activity. New York was one of the first states in the country to establish a virtual currency licensing process and require a business...

In December, the District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the bankruptcy court erred in approving the third-party releases contained in the plan filed in the Purdue Pharma L.P.'s (Purdue) bankruptcy case. The district court...

The legal due diligence undertaken by a private equity buyer is largely the same procedurally and substantively as that of a strategic buyer, but there are some nuances worth noting. A financial buyer or sponsor may or may not already have portfolio companies...