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Texas House Bill 40 Will Reshape the New Texas Business Courts

Porter Hedges LLP on 6/27/2025

On June 1, 2025, the Texas legislature passed HB 40, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it on June 21, 2025. The new law helps further define the jurisdiction of Texas’s Business Courts, originally established in 2023. This is...more

Social Links: If the Suit Fits

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 12/13/2024

Character Technologies has been hit with two lawsuits, including a wrongful death suit (among other claims), in less than two months over its popular Character.ai chatbot. The first was filed in the U.S. District Court for...more

Real-world disputes in the virtual world

A&O Shearman on 10/4/2023

The laws that govern the metaverse are grounded in those of Planet Earth. Private civil laws relating to contract, tort, IP and data privacy all bite, as do criminal and regulatory laws. Where the difference lies is in their...more

How Blockchain Impacts the Legal Profession

Oberheiden P.C. on 2/21/2023

Below is an excerpt from Nick Oberheiden's latest book, "The Law of Tomorrow: Bitcoin, Tokens, Blockchain - An Introduction for Lawyers" Blockchain is the next technology that lawyers shouldn’t ignore. Mainstream acceptance...more

Growing Small Satellite Market Spawning Litigation

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 11/8/2016

Virgin Galactic expanded and continued its attack on its former VP of Propulsion, Thomas Markusic, and his new company, Firefly Space Systems, this month. Markusic co-founded Firefly around the time he left Virgin Galactic,...more

Drafting Intellectual Property Agreements: Best Practices From a Litigator’s Perspective

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 9/30/2015

As intellectual property licensing continues to grow more prevalent, legal practitioners and business personnel are being asked to craft and negotiate agreements that can significantly impact a business’s ability to compete...more