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,...
25 Apr, 2024 Changes to Minimum Salary for Employees Exempt from Overtime By Manori de Silva The Department of Labor recently finalized changes to rules regarding the minimum salary that must be paid to employees in order to be...
25 Apr, 2024 FTC Order Likely to Prohibit Healthcare Tech Company From Using Customer Data for Machine Learning By Mitzi Hill The Federal Trade Commission has been on a mission to regulate healthcare privacy in various ways. Now, we have signs that it is also...
24 Apr, 2024 Main Text of the FTC's New Rule Banning Restrictive Covenants Quoted Here By Michael Cicero Below is the final text of 16 C.F.R. § 910.2, as it will be published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the Federal Register. Such...
24 Apr, 2024 Legal Update: New DOL Overtime Rule to Expand Eligibility Starting July 2024 By Robert Sanders More Employees May Soon Be Overtime Eligible It was a busy day in Washington, D.C. Hours before the FTC voted to ban non-compete...
24 Apr, 2024 Legal Alert: Understanding the FTC’s New Rule on Non-Compete Agreements By Robert Sanders In a landmark decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted (3-2) to adopt a Final Rule that significantly alters the landscape of...
24 Apr, 2024 When Can the Government be Sued - Under the "Sovereign Immunity Doctrine"? By Jeffrey Nix Most everyone has heard of the “sovereign immunity doctrine” or SID. Simply put, SID means no person or entity can sue the government...
23 Apr, 2024 Edwin Land's Patents for Instant Photography and the Polaroid Camera By Coby Nixon In my last post, we looked at George Eastman's 1885 patent for the Kodak camera, the first portable, easy-to-use camera that brought...
23 Apr, 2024 Payment Platform Breach Could Cost United More than $1B By Mitzi Hill A healthcare payment processing platform owned by United Healthcare suffered a crippling attack in February that left many small...
22 Apr, 2024 The Future of Virtual Care: Legal Considerations for AI-Powered Telemedicine By Mike Ruggio While the use of telemedicine in the United States has stabilized since the pandemic, a report by the Assistant Secretary for Planning...
22 Apr, 2024 Law360 Article Published on the Duty of Candor Featured in USPTO's AI Ethics Guidance By Michael Cicero I am pleased to share my Law360 article, covering the duty of candor and good faith featured in Guidance on Use of Artificial...
18 Apr, 2024 Connecticut Data Privacy Act and Its Universal Opt-out Coming Requirements By Mitzi Hill The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), which took effect on July 1, 2023, grants Connecticut residents control over their personal...
17 Apr, 2024 The Algorithmic Equity Equation: Legal Solutions for Fair AI in Healthcare By Mike Ruggio The rapid rise of AI in healthcare offers undeniable promise. Like a skilled physician meticulously analyzing medical records, AI...