For many voting-rights scholars, a surprising aspect of this week’s Voting Rights Acts decision is that the legal regime concerning racial representation lasted as long as it did, writes NYU Law’s Richard Pildes.
In the final piece of a Bloomberg Law Insight series about AI’s impact on IP, Fish & Richardson attorneys say AI-assisted invention disclosures must be written concisely and document human contributions to win patents.
A federal appeals court sent a case involving Hyatt Hotels’ customer rewards program back to the US Tax Court, and the final ruling could transform how these programs are structured, say Miller Canfield’s Loren Opper and Christie Galinski.
The SEC and CFTC clarification of how to apply federal securities laws to crypto assets and transactions reflects a move toward a more structured regulatory framework, write Olshan Frome Wolosky’s Kenneth Silverman and John Corrado.
In times of uncertainty, arbitration provides tools that litigation either lacks or can’t guarantee—greater control over the process, flexibility to adapt when conditions shift, and broader confidentiality protections to keep disputes out of the spotlight, write Crowell & Moring’s Randa Adra, Ashley Riveira, and Edward Norman.
As AI use becomes more frequent in the invention of new drugs, it’s important to determine how it affects who’s credited in patentable inventions, say Womble Bond Dickinson’s Ben Bourke, Daniel Kremer, and Susan Krumplitsch.
The uncertainty around Texas’ Historically Underutilized Business Program, amended by the executive branch and now challenged in court, leaves companies in a difficult position as they move forward with procurement.
For nearly three decades, technology companies have relied on Section 230 as a stout defense, arguing they are mere conduits and not responsible for what users post. The Google and Meta social media addiction verdicts provide a legal game plan to outflank that defense. In essence, they shifted the legal playing field from one about content to one about conduct.
When it comes to winning the legal industry talent wars, the best defense is a good offense, according to K&L Gates’ global managing partner, Stacy Ackermann. She spoke to Bloomberg Law editor Chris Opfer on our podcast, On The Merits, about how competitive the market for legal talent has gotten, even in secondary markets like her hometown of Charlotte, N.C.
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