Last year’s Commercial Litigation Outlook was dominated by the promise and peril that AI poses to myriad industries. No doubt, the evolution of AI in the last year has been significant, and it is still a material...more
2/28/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Innovation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology Sector
In 2024, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. ...more
1/3/2025
/ Competition ,
Confidential Information ,
Contract Terms ,
Employee Mobility ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
By any measure, the world has changed vastly since we issued our first Commercial Litigation Outlook in 2020. We are now on our fourth installment of providing insights and flagging trends for what to expect in the coming...more
2/16/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Banks ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Court ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Copyright ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Merger Agreements ,
Patents ,
Trademarks
Welcome to the third annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook, where our nationally recognized team provides insights about litigation issues and trends to expect in 2023. The continuing global...more
Welcome to the second annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook. Our nationally recognized team provides keen insights about what to expect in 2022. In short, it will be a busy year that will call...more
3/15/2022
/ Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Court ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech
As the nation emerges from the pandemic, clients face the double-whammy of delayed resolution of existing disputes (thanks to court shutdowns) and increased litigation activity across the board. The third quarter of 2020 saw...more
4/2/2021
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Business Interruption ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Landlords ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
As states push to re-open, retailers will be balancing the welcome prospect of renewed business and cash flow against the fear and cost of claims that could be made against them by customers, vendors, subcontractors, and...more
Force majeure provisions are top of mind for many businesses today because of the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, which causes the novel coronavirus disease called COVID-19. “Pandemics” are typically not specified in general...more
On Monday, as the partial government shutdown entered its third week, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (“AOC”) announced its intention to continue paid operations through January 18, extending its previous...more