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The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is falling behind in their review of trademark applications. Since the end of 2018,...

Completing the legalities needed for a computer game is best compared with trying to do a jigsaw: It’s impossible without all the pieces....

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced as part of his six-pronged national strategy to combat COVID-19 that he has...

Australia’s key privacy authorities have jointly issued five privacy principles to guide policymakers and businesses in a universal...

Two key bills focused on giving California homeowners greater power to become small-scale developers of middle-income housing could...

As a startup founder, raising money can feel like an enormous mountain to climb. Many go through dozens or hundreds of pitches before...

Since the dawn of the electric industry, individuals, and businesses have been regarded as “ratepayers”—consumers who sole purpose is to...

As we indicated in our prior Alert and recent Webinar on this subject, this summer, the European Commission released eagerly anticipated...

Many of the proposals from the previous tax bill have been removed. However, the limitation on the exclusion of gain from the sale of...

On January 1, 2021, Congress overrode former President Trump’s veto of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 (the...

Two new California Supreme Court decisions clarifying and limiting the state's "prevailing wage" law should be good news to public works...

A recent judgment has clarified the principles concerning joint legal professional privilege between a trustee and a beneficiary of a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and the move towards virtual environments to complete M&As. We shortlist five...

If you’ve been served with a subpoena, you may be thinking “What is this and what am I supposed to do now?” To answer your question, a...

Entrepreneurs are always looking for the next big idea, something that doesn't exist yet. The next Facebook. The next Uber. The next...

The “interview” is a meeting typically held between the patent examiner and the applicant’s representative (i.e., a patent practitioner)....

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report, outlining the most...

The IRS released additional guidance on August 10, 2021, that allows employers to exclude forgiven PPP loans, shuttered venue operators...

This article will explore the most common forms of M&A insurance available today; the process and timelines of procuring M&A insurance;...

The Automated Facial Recognition Technology Bill was drafted in February 2019 in response to public concerns surrounding the use of such...

Bargaining power imbalances between Australian banks and both Apple and Google in relation to digital wallet services raise the...

Governor Roy Cooper signed into law changes to the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act that change employer hiring and termination...

Effective July 1, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) will permit its athletes to profit from their name, image...

The CDC released new guidance last week in an effort to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. With cases on the rise,...