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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

Quebec’s French language requirements for commerce and business: reform of the Charter of the French language

Smart & Biggar on 5/21/2025

This article provides an overview of French language requirements in Quebec for commerce and business under the Charter of the French language (RLRQ c. C-11) (the French Charter) and the Regulation respecting the language of...more

EU & UK AI Roundup – January 2025

King & Spalding on 1/15/2025

The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more

My Employees Have Seen Too Much. Can I Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/15/2024

It is common knowledge that employers have a vested interest in the confidentiality and discretion of their employees, especially in emerging or sensitive industries. ...more

Timeline Set for UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Reforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/15/2024

On 30 September 2024, the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill) will be introduced to Parliament in 2025. The Bill was first announced in the King’s...more

First-of-Its-Kind AI Law Addresses Deep Fakes and Voice Clones

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/2/2024

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a growing concern among recording artists, music industry leaders and lawmakers, who, for the most part, have all pushed for stronger protections over musicians' copyrights...more

Congress Tees Up Copyright Protection for Golf Course Designs with the BIRDIE Act

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/5/2024

A new federal bill aims to put golf courses on “par” with other architectural designs by expanding federal copyright protection to golf courses. Copyright law in the United States, rooted in the U.S. Constitution, ensures...more

New AI Laws Are Set in Motion at Year’s End

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 12/15/2023

The year 2023 will be regarded as a pivotal year for advances in AI. As the year comes to an end, lawmakers are hurrying to establish rules for the evolving technology, and hoping to stimulate AI’s promise of innovation, and...more

Client Alert: Byte-Sized Steps – Navigating the Biden Executive Order on AI and Other Recent Developments in AI Regulation

Jenner & Block on 11/1/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (the “Federal AI Executive Order”), a long-awaited executive order that builds upon the Biden...more

Biden Administration Signs Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/1/2023

On October 30, President Biden signed a sprawling executive order governing the development, testing, and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Formally titled, "Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy...more

Enforcement of California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Is Put on Ice — for Now

Fenwick & West LLP on 9/26/2023

On September 18, 2023, a U.S. District Court judge in the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction enjoining California’s attorney general from enforcing California’s California Age-Appropriate Design...more

Top 10 Developments and Headlines in Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Computer Fraud Law for 2019 & 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2020

Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more

Brexit: the impact on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)

Hogan Lovells on 3/18/2019

On 6 February 2019 the House of Commons and House of Lords approved The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (Patent SI), which, if it is signed into law, will come into force on Brexit day (i.e. 29 March 2019 or...more

Massachusetts Noncompete and Trade Secret Reform Will Have Far-Reaching Impact

Jones Day on 10/26/2018

Businesses across the country are feeling the effects of a pair of laws recently enacted in Massachusetts. The "garden leave" clause in Massachusetts' new noncompete law dictates that during the period in which a departed...more

A game changer? China enacts first e-commerce law

Hogan Lovells on 9/24/2018

In stark contrast to the rapid development of e-commerce in China, it has taken nearly five years and no less than four drafts for China to finalise its first e-Commerce Law. The new law will enter into force on 1 January...more

Top Developments/Headlines in Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, and Non-Compete Law in 2017

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/19/2018

Continuing our annual tradition, we present the top developments/headlines for 2017/2018 in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law....more

Half Baked: The Brave New World of Branding Weed

Lewitt Hackman on 11/15/2016

In last week’s election, California voters passed Prop 64, which means recreational marijuana can be sold and used by persons over 21 within the state. But don’t get excited about the gold rush just yet. Recreational...more

Burr Alert: What The New Federal Trade Secrets Law Means For Employees

Burr & Forman on 6/16/2016

The scope of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA") enacted on May 11, 2016 extends well beyond employment issues. However, its impact on an employers' asset protection and enforcement program is quite significant. ...more

The Newly Enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act: What Retailers Should Know

Goulston & Storrs PC on 6/2/2016

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the DTSA), creating the first Federal civil cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets. The DTSA overlaps substantially with,...more

Intellectual Property and Technology: New Federal Law Means You Should Update Your Non-Compete And Non-Disclosure Agreements...

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 5/13/2016

President Obama this week (on May 11) signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016. This is truly a landmark law; one that expands the federal remedies companies can pursue to halt the theft of trade secrets...more

President Obama Signs the Defend Trade Secrets Act: Tips for Navigating the New Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/12/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: A new federal civil cause of action is now available to trade secrets owners seeking to pursue claims of trade secret misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). To take full advantage of...more

What Employers Need to Know About New Federal Law Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/12/2016

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which the Senate and House passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. The DTSA will fill a large hole in the law of trade secrets. In the past,...more

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