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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

Glow Up or Sell Out? Opportunities and Risks in the Consumer Health and Beauty Sector

Ropes & Gray LLP on 6/3/2025

The global M&A market is forever evolving, and nowhere is this truer than in beauty, which has recently seen a notable surge in growth and popularity. McKinsey forecasts global beauty sales to grow six percent annually until...more

Federal Circuit Asked to Rethink ITC’s Longstanding Exclusion of Investment Categories for Economic Domestic Industry

DLA Piper on 1/24/2025

A US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel consisting of Judges Sharon Prost, Richard Taranto, and Raymond Chen recently heard oral argument in Lashify, Inc. v. US International Trade Commission, an appeal from a...more

United Kingdom's Separate FTAs with Australia and New Zealand Enter into Force; UK CPTPP Membership on Track

White & Case LLP on 6/23/2023

The United Kingdom's free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand entered into force on May 31, 2023. As a significant milestone in the UK's post-Brexit future, these FTAs are the first two independently...more

Metaverse Primer

Shipkevich PLLC on 1/5/2023

The term “metaverse” first appeared in 1992 as an abstract concept in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash. Two decades later, the Metaverse has since evolved from a mere idea to a figment of everyday reality, as it...more

Live, Work and Play in a Legal Metaverse: Preparing for a New Online Existence

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/2/2021

Companies spend billions and invest heavily in technologies that offer greater telepresence and enable an individual’s digital life. Will humans interact with each other via avatars in a three-dimensional virtual space? The...more

Hidden Layers Between AI & Patent Policy: Global Patent Office Policy Considerations and Perspectives

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/9/2020

With the ever increasing adoption of AI technology, no industry will unlikely be left untouched by Artificial Intelligence in the coming years. The worldwide spending on AI systems is estimated to increase as much as 100...more

SEC Sets Disclosure Expectations on IP Risks Associated with International Operations

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 1/3/2020

The SEC has issued new guidance it believes will assist public companies both in assessing materiality and in drafting disclosure related to risks to technology and intellectual property that may result from conducting...more

California Federal Court Denies Preliminary Injunction In “Blockchain” Dispute

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/30/2018

How different is a celebrity-focused “cryptocollectible” from a celebrity-focused “cryptocurrency,” and how similar does it have to be to constitute a trade secret? ...more

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