29 Feb, 2024 Understanding Patents: An Exploration of Patent Law By Russ Dunlap A patent acts as a legal tool, granting inventors exclusive rights over a specific timeframe, preventing unauthorized creation, usage,...
14 Mar, 2024 Data Broker in Bankruptcy is Prohibited from Selling "Sensitive" Location Data Unless Buyer Promises to Treat Data Carefully By Mitzi Hill Data broker Near, an India-based company, has gone into bankruptcy seven months after a splashy IPO. Touting that it held data about 1.6...
13 Mar, 2024 Lawyers’ Toolkits Can Make Crises Worse By Debbie Ausburn A story focusing on the Mormon church’s response to child sexual abuse allegations reminds us that lawyers’ instincts can sometimes make...
13 Mar, 2024 Can Anybody Sue Anyone for Anything in the United States? By Jeffrey Nix Clients often inquire about the various types of claims or lawsuits they may need to defend against. Many non-lawyers question whether...
12 Mar, 2024 Hack of Health Care Claims Processing System Causes Serious Issues Across Sector By Mitzi Hill A payment and claims clearinghouse platform owned by United Healthcare was hacked in February. The fallout affected patients directly, by...
11 Mar, 2024 NYC Sues Social Media Platforms By Debbie Ausburn New York City has joined the many other state and local governments that have sued social media companies. In its suit against Meta,...
11 Mar, 2024 Bell Labs' Patents for the Transistor By Coby Nixon Any review of historic patents, like this series of posts, has to include arguably the most important invention of the 20th Century: the...
09 Mar, 2024 Most College Graduates Are Underemployed By Debbie Ausburn A recent report looking at federal data on more than 60 million workers in the U.S. found that 52 percent of recent college graduates are...
07 Mar, 2024 The Final Stretch: Legal Roadmap for Successfully Closing Your Funding Round By Michael S. Melfi As if fundraising was not hard enough, navigating the legal landscape that accompanies the process of closing a funding round only adds...
07 Mar, 2024 New Cybersecurity Framework from NIST By Mitzi Hill The public agency that sets standards in the tech arena (NIST) has released a new version of its cybersecurity framework to the public....
06 Mar, 2024 What Laws Govern the International Sales of Goods Between Companies? By Jeffrey Nix Nowadays, clients often ask what laws govern contracts for the the purchase and sale of “goods” between private companies during...
06 Mar, 2024 Iowa Parents Are Not Responsible for Ordinary Risks of Life By Debbie Ausburn I learned from my colleague Tom Rawlings’ Substack that a recent opinion from the Iowa Supreme Court takes a new look at the issue of...
05 Mar, 2024 US to Prohibit Sale of Personal Data to China and Other Countries of Concern By Mitzi Hill Via executive order in late February, the administration has kicked off a process to prohibit data brokers and others from selling...